Chinese Journal of Lasers B

Thermal-energy Pooling Collisions in Cesium Vapor 6P_(3/2)+6P_(3/2) →7P_J+6S_(1/2)

Lirong Wang, Jianming Zhao, Liantuan Xiao, Jia Suo-Tang

Published Jan 1, 2002• 0 citations

Abstract

In this paper, the results of an experimental study on 6P 3/2 +6P 3/2 →7P J+6S 1/2  energy pooling collisions are presented. The experiment was carried out in cesium vapor using an external cavity diode laser for excitation under different temperatures. It is found that the response of fluorescence intensity to the frequency of excitation laser shows a two peak phenomenon.

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