Cross Section for Photoionization of Excited Cesium Atoms.

Abstract

A new method for obtaining the cross section for photoionization of photoexcited cesium is presented. The salient feature of this experiment is to use three crossed beams, i.e., two light beams intersecting a beam of cesium atoms. The cross section is determined by counting the ions produced. The excitation light sources used in obtaining this cross section were rf resonance lamps or GaAs lasers. The ions were extracted from the interaction region and detected with a channel electron multiplier. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 31, 1972
Accession Number
AD0741222

Entities

People

  • Kaare J. Nygaard
  • Robert E. Hebner Jr.

Organizations

  • Missouri University of Science and Technology

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Charged Particles
  • Electron Multipliers
  • Electrons
  • Elementary Fermions
  • Elementary Particles
  • Excitation
  • Fermions
  • Leptons
  • Light Sources
  • Photoelectrons
  • Photoionization
  • Resonance
  • Subatomic Particles

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Optical Physics and Photonics.
  • Quantum spin resonance or Electron Paramagnetic Resonance spectroscopy.
  • Radar Systems Engineering.

Technology Areas

  • Directed Energy
  • Directed Energy - Lasers
  • Microelectronics