Institut für Strahlungs- und Kernphysik, Technische Universität Berlin, D-1000, Berlin 37, Fed. Rep. Germany
Abstract:
The method of quantum beat spectroscopy is extended to the study of pure electric field splittings. As an example Stark splittings of the 6s6p 1P1 term of Ba I are investigated by observing quantum beats after excitation by a short resonant dye-laser pulse. The derived value for the tensorial polarizability is in good agreement with previous work. Occurence and shapes of Stark quantum beat signals under different experimental conditions are discussed.