The collisional relaxation of atomic excited state polarization and the associated optical line
broadening and shifts are reviewed both theoretically and experimentally. Calculations of …

We describe a new type of molecular electronic state in which all vibrational levels occur
entirely at internuclear distances large compared to ordinary chemical-bond lengths. We …

Adiabatic potential curves were calculated using perturbation theory for the long-range
electrostatic interaction between two alkali atoms of the same species, one being in the …

A study of photoplasma parameters in a Na–Ar mixture was carried out in a wide range of Ar
pressures, considering the Voigt profile of the D1 and D2 resonance lines of Na in the …

FIG. 2. Probe-phase ion signal. The vibrational series seen most clearly in the ranges 16
958-16 972 cm-'and 16 800-16 920 cm-'is the l,('l'I,) series. The 3 2S,, 2+ 3 2P3, 2 and 3 …

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PHOTODISSOCIATION OF DIATOMIC MOLECULES TO OPEN SHELL ATOMS SHERWIN J …

We have experimentally investigated the resonance line shape of a partially excited dense
atomic rubidium vapor at a density where the binary collision approximation starts to break …

Sodium vapor, in the density range 10 13 to 5× 10 14 cm− 3, was excited by a cw dye laser,
tuned 20-150 GHz from either the D 1 or D 2 resonance line. We observed a three-peak …

Transient four-wave mixing experiments on a dense potassium vapor, which has a
dephasing time long compared to the collision duration, reveal distinct signatures of non …

This paper is a review (with a few original additions) on the radiative transport and
collisional transfer of energy in laser-excited cesium vapors in the presence of argon or …