XUV Laser Stark Spectroscopy of Xenon Autoionizing Rydberg States

Wolfgang Ernst; T. P. Softley; R. N. Zare

XUV Laser Stark Spectroscopy of Xenon Autoionizing Rydberg States

Wolfgang Ernst, T. P. Softley, R. N. Zare

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Abstract

The Rydberg spectra of the rare gases have been a matter of interest for both experimentalists and theorists for many years. Because of fine structure in the ionic core, there are two separate ionization limits. The Rydberg series converging to the upper (j-1/2) fine-structure level auto- ionize. Among the heavy rare gases, xenon Rydberg states have been recently measured at high accuracy with classical high resolution vacuum ultraviolet (VUV) absorption spectroscopy/1/. The Stark effect was only investigated for the bound Xe Rydberg states /2/. Here we report the first high resolution Stark effect study of the autoionizing series by single photon excitation from the ground state and present calculations explaining the observations.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Digest of technical papers / XVI International Conference on Quantum Electronics
Place of Publication	Tokyo
Publisher	Japan Society of Applied Physics
Pages	490-491
Publication status	Published - 1988
Externally published	Yes
Event	International Quantum Electronics Conference - Tokyo, Japan Duration: 18 Jul 1988 → 21 Jul 1988

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Conference	International Quantum Electronics Conference
Country/Territory	Japan
City	Tokyo
Period	18/07/88 → 21/07/88

Atoms, Molecules, Clusters
Ernst, W. & Windholz, L.
1/01/95 → …
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XUV Laser Stark Spectroscopy of Xenon Autoionizing Rydberg States

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