High‐resolution field ionizer for state‐selective detection of Rydberg atoms in fast‐beam laser spectroscopy

Autor:	H.-J. Kluge, Gerd Passler, J. Lantzsch, K. Zimmer, K. Stratmann, L. Monz, Ernst W. Otten, S. Kunze, J. Stenner, Klaus Wendt, R. Hohmann
Rok vydání:	1994
Předmět:	Materials science Thermal ionization Ion source Atmospheric-pressure laser ionization symbols.namesake Ionization Field desorption Rydberg atom Physics::Atomic and Molecular Clusters symbols Rydberg matter Physics::Atomic Physics Atomic physics Instrumentation Electron ionization
Zdroj:	Review of Scientific Instruments. 65:1847-1852
ISSN:	1089-7623 0034-6748
Popis:	The design of a novel electrode structure for electric‐field ionization of Rydberg atoms in a fast atomic beam is described. It allows the resolution of the ion signal from Rydberg atoms with adjacent effective principal quantum numbers n* in the range of 14≤n*≤40 and minimizes the volume where field ionization takes place. These features drastically reduce the number of background events arising from collisions of fast atoms with residual gas molecules and thus are essential for trace analysis applications of the technique of resonance ionization spectroscopy in collinear geometry.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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