arXiv:physics/0107042

Laser induced collisions between Lithium isotopes

Evgueni V. Kovarski

Published Jul 18, 2001• 0 citations

Abstract

The near resonant cooling mechanism have offered for the experiment with laser induced excitation of Lithium isotopes and its ionization by collisions.

DOI: 10.48550/arxiv.physics/0107042

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Abstract

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We report the direct observation of

^{6}\mathrm{Li}^{+}

^{7}\mathrm{Li}^{+}

^{13}\mathrm{Li}_{2}^{+}

^{14}\mathrm{Li}_{2}^{+}

arising from single collisions between beams of lithium atoms in the presence of a laser field. Although the relative intensity of atomic ions reflects the natural isotopic abundance, a pronounced enrichment of

^{13}\mathrm{Li}_{2}^{+}

relative to

^{14}\mathrm{Li}_{2}^{+}

is observed.

We investigate heteronuclear collisions in isotope mixtures of laser-cooled metastable (

{}^{3}\phantom{\rule{-0.16em}{0ex}}{P}_{2}

) neon. Experiments are performed with spin-polarized atoms in a magnetic trap for all two-isotope combinations of the stable neon isotopes

{}^{20}

Ne,

{}^{21}

Ne, and

{}^{22}

Ne. We determine the rate coefficients for heteronuclear ionizing collisions to ${\ensuremath{\beta}}_{21,20}=(3.9\ifmmode\pm\else\textpm\fi{}2.7)\ifmmode\times\else\texttimes\fi{}{10}^{\ensuremath{-}11}$ cm

{}^{3}

/s, ${\ensuremath{\beta}}_{22,20}=(2.6\ifmmode\pm\else\textpm\fi{}0.7)\ifmmode\times\else\texttimes\fi{}{10}^{\ensuremath{-}11}$ cm

{}^{3}

/s, and ${\ensuremath{\beta}}_{21,22}=(3.9\ifmmode\pm\else\textpm\fi{}1.9)\ifmmode\times\else\texttimes\fi{}{10}^{\ensuremath{-}11}$ cm

{}^{3}

/s. We also study heteronuclear elastic collision processes and give upper bounds for heteronuclear thermal relaxation cross sections. This work significantly extends the limited available experimental data on heteronuclear ionizing collisions for laser-cooled atoms involving one or more rare gas atoms in a metastable state.