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Physical Review Letters

Observation of Light-Induced Collisional Energy Transfer

Ph. Cahuzac, P. E. Toschek

Published Apr 17, 1978• 93 citations
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Abstract

We have observed light-induced energy transfer in collisions of Eu atoms in three excited levels with Sr ground-state atoms and compared its spectra with the results of calculations. A four-photon parametric process in the transient Eu-Sr molecule was also observed.
DOI
10.1103/physrevlett.40.1087

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