The effects of saturation and velocity selective population in two-step 6S1/2 → 6P3/2 → 6D5/2 laser excitation in cesium

Spectrochimica Acta - Part B Atomic Spectroscopy

Volumn 61, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1260-1269

  Horvatic, Vlasta ^b   Correll, Tiffany L ^a   Omenetto, Nicoló ^a   Vadla, Cedomil ^b   Winefordner, James D ^a  

^a University of Florida   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Cesium; Doppler free spectra; Saturation; Two step excitation; Velocity selectivity

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; CESIUM; DETECTORS; DOPPLER EFFECT; FLUORESCENCE; SATURATION (MATERIALS COMPOSITION); VAPORS; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

DOPPLER FREE SPECTRA; EXCITED STATES POPULATION DISTRIBUTIONS; RADIATIVE DECAY; RESONANCE FLUORESCENCE DETECTORS; TWO STEP EXCITATION;

LASER APPLICATIONS;

EID: 33751563320     PISSN: 05848547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sab.2006.10.010     Document Type: Article

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