High resolution optical spectroscopy in neon using a tunable laser and an excited atomic beam

Abstract
The hyperfine structures of three absorption lines of neon have been investigated using a single mode tunable dye laser illuminating an atomic beam excited by electron bombardment. Preliminary values for the A and B factors of the 2p2, 2p 4 and 2p6 levels are given (in 10-3 cm-1 ) : A(2p2) = 2.45 ± 0.15 , A(2p4) = - 10.43 ± 0.15 , A(2p 6) = - 6.19 ± 0.15 , B(2p2) = 0.16 ± 0.20 , B (2p4) = 1.51 ± 0.20 , B(2p6) = - 2.20 ± 0.20