0000000000247081
AUTHOR
L. Petrov
Energy transfer reaction K(4s) + K(7s) \rightarrow K(4s) + K(5f), theory compared with experiment
A comparison between theory and experiment, concerning the K(4s)+K(7s)\rightarrow K(4s)+K(5f) reaction of energy transfer in thermal collisions, is presented. Relevant cross sections are calculated for the potassium vapour temperatures in the range of 310-1000 K. They are based on the theoretical adiabatic K_2 potential energy curves and on the use of the multicrossing Landau-Zener model. In the temperature range of the present experiment, 428-451 K, the computed cross sections vary little, from 2.09x10^-14 cm^2 to 2.04x10^-14 cm^2, and agree well with the value 1.8(8)x10^-14 cm^2, which is the average of the corresponding experimental results.
Energy transfer reaction K(4s) + K(7s) → K(4s) + K(5f), theory compared with experiment
Abstract A comparison between theory and experiment, concerning the K(4 s) + K(7s)→K(4 s) + K(5f) reaction of excitation energy transfer in thermal collisions, is presented. The cross sections for this process are calculated for the potassium vapour temperatures in the range of 310–1000 K. The calculations are based on the theoretical adiabatic K2 potential energy curves and on the use of the multicrossing Landau-Zener model. The experiment was carried out using the method of spectroscopy with resolution in time. The signals of the direct-fluorescence decay from pulsed-laser-excited 7s state, and of the sensitized-fluorescence from 5f state, were registered and analysed. In the temperature …
Ground-state magneto-optical resonances in cesium vapor confined in an extremely thin cell
Experimental and theoretical studies are presented related to the ground-state magneto-optical resonance prepared in Cesium vapour confined in an Extremely Thin Cell (ETC, with thickness equal to the wavelength of the irradiating light). It is shown that the utilization of the ETC allows one to examine the formation of a magneto-optical resonance on the individual hyperfine transitions, thus distinguishing processes resulting in dark (reduced absorption) or bright (enhanced absorption) resonance formation. We report on an experimental evidence of the bright magneto-optical resonance sign reversal in Cs atoms confined in the ETC. A theoretical model is proposed based on the optical Bloch equ…