Radiative transport and collisional transfer of excitation energy in Cs vapors mixed with Ar or He

Spectrochimica Acta - Part B Atomic Spectroscopy

Volumn 58, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 1235-1277

  Vadla, Cedomil ^a   Horvatic, Vlasta ^a   Niemax, Kay ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (Croatia)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUT FÜR ANALYTISCHE WISSENSCHAFTEN ISAS E V   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alkali noble gas mixture; Cesium; Collision transfer; Energy transfer; Imaging atomic filter; Laser excitation; Optical excitation; Radiation trapping

Indexed keywords

ARGON; CESIUM; DISCHARGE LAMPS; FLUORESCENCE; PROBABILITY; VAPORS;

EXCITATION ENERGY;

ENERGY TRANSFER;

EID: 0037770215     PISSN: 05848547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0584-8547(03)00077-6     Document Type: Article

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