Rubidium 52P fine-structure transitions induced by collisions with potassium and caesium atoms
Cedomil Vadla, S. Knezović, Mladen Movre
A diode-laser fluorescence experiment was performed in order to study fine-structure transitions between 5 2 P states of rubidium atoms colliding with ground-state potassium or caesium atoms. The Rb (5 2 P 3 2/) state was optically excited and the intensity ratio of sensitized to direct fluorescence was measured. The obtained cross sections for the excitation energy transfer Rb( 2 P 3 2/) to Rb( 2 P 1 2/) induced by collisions with K and Cs (T=573 K) are sigma =54 AA 2 +or-30% and sigma =15 AA 2 +or-30%, respectively. Assuming detailed balancing, the cross sections for the reverse process Rb( 2 P 1 2/) to Rb( 2 P 3 2/) are sigma =60 AA 2 +or-30%, and sigma =16.5 AA 2 +or-30% for K and Cs, respectively.
Journal of Physics B Atomic Molecular and Optical Physics•Mar 28, 1992•9 citations