A method of determining relaxation rates of electronic and electronic nuclear multipole moments of gas atoms with non-zero nuclear spin, using the Stokes three-level echo (STE) and the photon echo (PE), has been proposed. This method utilises the polarisation properties and damping laws of the STE and PE on the inhomogeneously broadened transitions. Correct account was taken of the hyperfine structure (HFS) of the atomic levels and of the effect of the depolarising atomic collisions. The STE polarisation properties found have also been assumed to be a basis method for the identification of optically forbidden transitions in total angular momentum.A method of determining relaxation rates of electronic and electronic nuclear multipole moments of gas atoms with non-zero nuclear spin, using the Stokes three-level echo (STE) and the photon echo (PE), has been proposed. This method utilises the polarisation properties and damping laws of the STE and PE on the inhomogeneously broadened transitions. Correct account was taken of the hyperfine structure (HFS) of the atomic levels and of the effect of the depolarising atomic collisions. The STE polarisation properties found have also been assumed to be a basis method for the identification of optically forbidden transitions in total angular momentum.

Journal of Physics B Atomic Molecular and Optical PhysicsAug 14, 19892 citations

Investigation of atomic relaxation using the four-level echo

A. I. Alekseev, O. V. Zhemerdeev

Optics and SpectroscopyApr 1, 19870 citations

Raman photon echo in gas atoms with hyperfine level structure

A. I. Alekseev, V N Beloborodov

The Raman photon echo (RPE) in atomic vapour, allowing for depolarising atomic collisions and hyperfine structure of the atomic levels, has been studied theoretically. A new method of determining the electronic and electronic nuclear relaxation rates of the multipole moments of gas atoms with nonzero nuclear spin using the RPE has been proposed. The RPE method also makes it possible to measure the derivatives of these relaxation rates with respect to the impurity gas pressure. A method of determining the energy separation between the hyperfine structure sublevels has been developed. This method is based on the quantum beats of the RPE intensity and may be used when the hyperfine splitting is less than the Doppler linewidth. A possibility of identifying the forbidden transitions in both the electronic and total angular momenta has been shown.The Raman photon echo (RPE) in atomic vapour, allowing for depolarising atomic collisions and hyperfine structure of the atomic levels, has been studied theoretically. A new method of determining the electronic and electronic nuclear relaxation rates of the multipole moments of gas atoms with nonzero nuclear spin using the RPE has been proposed. The RPE method also makes it possible to measure the derivatives of these relaxation rates with respect to the impurity gas pressure. A method of determining the energy separation between the hyperfine structure sublevels has been developed. This method is based on the quantum beats of the RPE intensity and may be used when the hyperfine splitting is less than the Doppler linewidth. A possibility of identifying the forbidden transitions in both the electronic and total angular momenta has been shown.

Journal of Physics B Atomic Molecular and Optical PhysicsMar 14, 19900 citations

Investigation of the relaxation of excited states using a three-pulse photon echo

A. I. Alekseev, V. N. Beloborodov

Optics and SpectroscopyDec 1, 19830 citations

Stimulated Photon Echo for Collisional Study in Yb Vapor

J. Keller, J.-L. Le Gouët

With a three-level configuration in ytterbium vapor, we have performed the first quantitative investigation of single excited-level scattering using a stimulated photon echo (three-pulse echo). We have studied the collisional relaxation of the echo signal by rare-gas perturbers and have derived a theoretical expression for the relaxation rate. Total elastic cross sections for collisions between $\mathrm{Yb}(6s6p^{3}P_{1}$ ) and Ne or Xe have been obtained.With a three-level configuration in ytterbium vapor, we have performed the first quantitative investigation of single excited-level scattering using a stimulated photon echo (three-pulse echo). We have studied the collisional relaxation of the echo signal by rare-gas perturbers and have derived a theoretical expression for the relaxation rate. Total elastic cross sections for collisions between $\mathrm{Yb}(6s6p^{3}P_{1}$) and Ne or Xe have been obtained.

Physical Review LettersJun 4, 198432 citations

\mathrm{Yb}(6s6p^{3}P_{1}

) and Ne or Xe have been obtained.