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Acta Physica Sinica

REMARKS ON QUANTUM BEAT EXPERIMENT OF HIGHLY EXCITED SODIUM ATOMS

Xiwen Zhu, 中国科学院武汉物理研究所

Published Jan 1, 1981• 0 citations
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Abstract

A few analytical expressions for the observables in a quantum beat experiment is derived, which can be used to describe the experimental results and to obtain the fs splitting in sodium D states. The, change of the n2D states of sodium atoms in a weak electric field is also discussed.
DOI
10.7498/aps.30.1688

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