AIP conference proceedings
Energy pooling collisions in pure cadmium vapors
S. Barsotti, F. Fuso, A. F. Molisch, M. Allegrini
Abstract
We have investigated energy pooling processes in pure Cadmium vapors excited by a pulsed laser beam resonant with the Cd(51S0)→Cd(53P1) intercombination transition. Starting from the measured fluorescence intensities, we have determined the cross sections for the processes populating the 53Dj levels using a rate equation system and accounting for the radiation trapping phenomenon.