One-and two-color resonant photoionization spectroscopy of chromium-doped helium nanodroplets

Journal of Physical Chemistry A

Volumn 118, Issue 37, 2014, Pages 8373-8379

  Koch, Markus ^a   Kautsch, Andreas ^a   Lackner, Florian ^a   Ernst, Wolfgang E ^a  

^a GRAZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DROPS; EXCITED STATES; GROUND STATE; HELIUM; IONIZATION; PHOTOIONIZATION; SUPERFLUID HELIUM; TRANSITION METALS;

GROUND STATE TRANSITION; HELIUM NANODROPLETS; INTERMEDIATE STATE; PHOTOIONIZATION SPECTROSCOPY; RELAXATION CHANNELS; RELAXATION DYNAMICS; TRANSITION METAL ATOMS; TWO-COLOR RESONANT TWO-PHOTON;

ATOMS;

EID: 84906498508     PISSN: 10895639     EISSN: 15205215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp501285r     Document Type: Article

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