Two-photon photoionization of the Ca 4s3dD21 level in an optical dipole trap

Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 2005, Pages

  Daily, J E ^a   Gommers, R ^a   Cummings, E A ^a   Durfee, D S ^a   Bergeson, S D ^a  

^a Brigham Young University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIPOLE-TRAP DECAY RATE; OPTICAL DIPOLE TRAPS;

ELECTRON TRAPS; LASER BEAMS; PHOTOIONIZATION;

CALCIUM;

EID: 26944480806     PISSN: 10502947     EISSN: 10941622     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.71.043406     Document Type: Article

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