Long-range molecular resonances in a cold Rydberg gas

We present evidence for molecular resonances in a cold dense gas of rubidium Rydberg atoms. Single UV photon excitation from the 5s ground state to np Rydberg states (n=50-90) reveals resonances at energies corresponding to excited atom pairs (n-1)d+ns. We attribute these normally forbidden transitions to avoided crossings between the long-range molecular potentials of two Rydberg atoms. These strong van der Waals interactions result in avoided crossings at extremely long range, e.g., approximately 58 000 times the Bohr radius (a(0)) for n=70.     

Quantum suppression of microwave ionization of Rydberg atoms at high scaled frequency

Microwave ionization of Rydberg atoms is well described as the onset of classical chaos when the microwave frequency omega is less than the Kepler frequency 1/n(3). However, when omega>1/n(3), i.e., at high scaled frequency Omega=omegan(3)>1, classical ionization is predicted to be suppressed by quantum interference, an analogue to Anderson localization in a solid. Using 17.55 GHz microwave fields we have observed the ionization of Sr Rydberg atoms in the regime 1相似文献   

Carrier phase dependence in the ionization of Rydberg atoms by short radio-frequency pulses: a model system for high order harmonic generation

We report time-resolved electron emission in experiments on ionization of rubidium Rydberg atoms (n=90) by few-cycle radio-frequency (RF) (1-10 MHz) pulses. The electron emission occurs in multiple bursts and strongly depends on the carrier-envelope phase as well as the duration and amplitude of the RF pulses. Remarkably, ionization is observed during a series of cycles with the same amplitude. Even at the low RF frequencies, ionization is not completed in a single cycle. Remixing of the states at the zero crossing of the field is believed to play an essential role. Similarities with the ionization process leading to high order harmonic generation are discussed.     

Electron-impact ionization cross section measurements out of the 5(2)P excited state of rubidium

We describe new techniques involving trapped atoms as targets for measurements of electron-impact ionization cross sections out of an excited level. By directly detecting the ions formed by electron collisions, we have obtained the first experimental ionization cross sections out of the 5(2)P excited level in rubidium at energies from 40 to 300 eV.     

碘原子共振多光子电离光谱研究

用可调谐的染料激光(4600～5000(?)),共振(3+2)和(4+1)多光子电离探测了I(5p~2P_(3/2)~0)和1~#(5p~2P_(1/2)~0).碘原子是由碘分子(I_2)经激光解离而产生的.在上述激光波段中共观察到12个原子跃迁,其中,(4+1)多光子电离跃迁是首次观察到的.     

Laser-stimulated formation and stabilization of antihydrogen atoms

Laser-stimulated radiative transitions from states close to the ionization threshold to low-lying atomic levels are considered for protons (antiprotons) in a cold electron (positron) plasma and estimates for the resulting formation rate of hydrogen (antihydrogen) atoms in the ground state are given. The estimates apply to both laser-stimulated recombination and induced radiative stabilization of high Rydberg levels. First experiments concerning laser-stimulated recombination in merged beams of electrons and protons are discussed, which have confirmed the rate predictions for this process. In view of antihydrogen formation in a cold trapped positron plasma, the use of two successive stimulated transitions is considered for obtaining a high formation rate of ground-state atoms at relatively low radiation intensity.     

Gd原子的共振多光子电离研究

本文首次报道了用共振多光子电离(RMPI)技术探测到四条在可见光范围内的Gd原子强双光子跃迁线.观察到双色三光子Gd原子激光同位素分离.研究了高分辨率Gd原子电离谱,并解释了电离谱的线型.     

Effect of collisional transitions on the population distributions of excited atoms in a plasma

The effect of collisional transitions on the population distribution of excited atoms has been studied by considering a plasma in which the electron density varies with time. It has been found that for highly excited states, for which the ionization rate is much larger than that of electron-density variations, the collisional transitions are not important compared with the collisional ionization and recombination processes. However, for intermediate and lower excited states, they play an important role in making the population distribution approach Saha equilibrium with the electrons.     

Two-photon excitation of odd-parity states from the ground state of the Ca atom

The two-photon transitions forbidden in the dipole approximation by the parity selection rules were observed experimentally, for the first time, upon multiphoton ionization of atoms.     

410～355 nm内四甲基硅的多光子解离和电离研究

利用平行板电极装置研究了四甲基硅在410～378 nm内的MPI光谱;利用TOF质谱仪研究了该分子在402～371 nm内若干个波长点处的TOF质谱;利用四极质谱装置研究了它在355 nm处的MPI质谱.测得了355 nm下Si(CH3)+n(n=1,2,3,4)及Si+的激光光强指数,以及其信号强度占总信号强度的分支比随光强的变化关系.据此,讨论了该分子MPI过程的可能通道,得出了Si+主要来自于母体分子的多光子解离-硅原子的电离、Si(CH3)+n(n=1,2,3)主要来自于Si(CH3)n(n=1,2,3)的自电离、Si(CH3)+4来自于母体分子的(3+1)电离的结论.     

Strong Enhancement of Electron–Ion Recombination Owing to Free–Bound and Bound–Bound Resonance Transitions

The effect of free–bound and bound–bound resonance nonadiabatic transitions of an electron on electron–ion recombination rates in the plasma of a Ne/Xe and Ar/Xe inert gas mixture has been studied. A kinetic model of recombination has been proposed including energy relaxation in collisions with electrons, resonant electron capture to Rydberg states through three-body collisions of Xe⁺ ions with Ne or Ar atoms and dissociative recombination of NeXe⁺ or ArXe⁺ ions, and n → n' resonance transitions. It has been shown that effective resonance processes occurring in quasimolecular systems sharply increase both the recombination coefficient and the effect of collisions with neutral particles even at quite high degrees of ionization of the plasma.     

Electronic properties of mixed lithium-oxygen clusters

Herein electronic structure as a function of cluster size has been probed through ionization potentials measurements in order to derive general trends in the evolution of the structure and stability of lithium oxide clusters LinOm. The structural evolution was investigated by varying progressively the oxygen rate in order to observe transitions from the metallic Lin to the ionic structure (Li2O)n. We have demonstrated that this structural transition splits into three specific ranges. This result, in contrast with the general behavior observed with other electronegative elements combined with alkaline or alkaline-earth metal clusters, but similar to what is known about BanOm and CsnOm, constitutes a signature of a specific role played by the oxygen atoms when included inside a metallic cluster.     

Na(n)(5<=n<=10)小团簇相变

采用紧密结合的分子动力学模型,对Na(n)(5<=n<=10)小团簇的键长涨落、势能、热容量等熔化性质在50K到1500K温区进行了模拟研究,结果表明：它们发生两次相变,一种在230K到300K的温度范围内,依次有块体玻璃态转变;一种在550K到870K温度段,依次经历了熔化相变.同时也得到随着团簇体系的减小,势能由下向上排列的曲线,即体系的势能由低变高.     

Optical radiation and ionization of hydrogen atoms in heterogeneous exothermal reactions proceeding in an electric field

Optical radiation related to the Balmer series (H_α, H_β, H_γ) of hydrogen atoms is discovered when studying the isothermal reaction of trimeric acetone peroxide decomposition on the surface of oxidized tungsten in a static electric field with a strength of up to 4 × 10⁶ V/cm at T = 300 K. The distance from the surface over which desorbing excited hydrogen atoms radiate is determined from the Stark splitting of the lines. Electronically excited atoms remaining on the surface ionize according to the surface ionization mechanism.     

Electron impact ionization of sodium Rydberg atoms below 2 eV

We have observed electron impact ionization of highly excited sodium Rydberg atoms in ns and nd states, n=35-51, below E=2 eV electron kinetic energy with energy resolution 0.25 eV. Measured absolute cross sections near 0 eV range from sigma(35d) approximately 7 x 10(-10) to sigma(50d) approximately 4 x 10(-9) cm(2). The energy dependence is consistent with that of widely used binary encounter approximation cross sections, and sigma(n) follows a power law in n. The measured cross sections are 14 to 24 times larger than theoretically predicted values. This enhancement may signal the effect of large polarizabilities of high Rydberg states not yet accounted for in ionization theories.     

蓝宝石的近边精细结构和电子数布居分析

利用透射电子显微镜的电子能量损失谱研究了蓝宝石AlL和OK近边精细结构，给出了Al原子和O原子的电子数布居分析及不同分截面的比较.通过考虑一个原子在均匀固体中的电离来解释近边电离区中的元素效应.应用推广的Hückel分子轨道理论及反映了晶体变换对称性影响的布洛赫定理来计算电子从内层向价层的跃迁，从而解释了近边区域的化学效应.还考虑了附加的化学效应，这来自激发原子附近的原子产生的外行平面波弹性后向散射，由此产生电离区中的所谓延展精细结构.理论计算结果与实验得到的蓝宝石单相区电子能量损失谱符合较好. 关键词：     

Collisions between metastable hydrogen atoms at thermal energies

The complex interaction potentials arising in the approach of two metastable hydrogen 2s atoms are calculated and the cross sections for ionization, excitation transfer, and elastic scattering are predicted. The measured cross section for associative ionization at E = 4.1 meV equals 2x10(-15) cm (2). We calculate a total ionization cross section of 2x10(-13) cm (2), varying as E(-2/3) at higher energies. Thus it appears that dissociative ionization is the major ionization channel. We find also that double excitation transfer into two excited H(2p) atoms is still more probable with the large cross section of 9x10(-12) cm (2) at E = 4.1 meV varying as E(-1/2) at higher energies. The detection of the resulting Lyman alpha photons would provide a diagnostic test of our predictions.     

原子双光子电离截面的理论计算

我们在Hartree-Slater自洽场理论的基础上,以Cs,Xe原子为例,具体计算了其双光子电离截面。本文的理论方法可容易地应用于其它双光子过程的计算,同时还可推广到更多光子过程的计算。将计算结果和相应的实验以及其它理论结果作了比较和讨论。明确了本文理论计算的精确程度,对碱金属元素(例如Cs)本文的理论值与最近的精确实验符合得较好。 关键词：     

Driving Rydberg-Rydberg transitions from a coplanar microwave waveguide

The coherent interaction between ensembles of helium Rydberg atoms and microwave fields in the vicinity of a solid-state coplanar waveguide is reported. Rydberg-Rydberg transitions, at frequencies between 25 and 38 GHz, have been studied for states with principal quantum numbers in the range 30-35 by selective electric-field ionization. An experimental apparatus cooled to 100 K was used to reduce effects of blackbody radiation. Inhomogeneous, stray electric fields emanating from the surface of the waveguide have been characterized in frequency- and time-resolved measurements and coherence times of the Rydberg atoms on the order of 250 ns have been determined. These results represent a key element in the development of an experimental architecture to interface Rydberg atoms with solid-state devices.     

Ionization of <Emphasis Type="Italic">nS</Emphasis>, <Emphasis Type="Italic">nP</Emphasis>, and <Emphasis Type="Italic">nD</Emphasis> lithium,potassium, and cesium Rydberg atoms by blackbody radiation

The results of theoretical calculations of the blackbody ionization rates of lithium, potassium, and cesium atoms residing in Rydberg states are presented. The calculations are performed for nS, nP, and nD states in a wide range of principal quantum numbers, n = 8?65, for blackbody radiation temperatures T = 77, 300, and 600 K. The calculations are performed using the known quasi-classical formulas for the photoionization cross sections and for the radial matrix elements of transitions in the discrete spectrum. The effect of the blackbody-radiation-induced population redistribution between Rydberg states on the blackbody ionization rates measured under laboratory conditions is quantitatively analyzed. Simple analytical formulas that approximate the numerical results and that can be used to estimate the blackbody ionization rates of Rydberg atoms are presented. For the S series of lithium, the rate of population of high-lying Rydberg levels by blackbody radiation is found to anomalously behave as a function of n. This anomaly is similar to the occurrence of the Cooper minimum in the discrete spectrum.