Inelastic atomic collisions in a laser field
- 21 February 1976
- journal article
- Published by IOP Publishing in Journal of Physics B: Atomic and Molecular Physics
- Vol. 9 (3), 383-388
- https://doi.org/10.1088/0022-3700/9/3/006
Abstract
A theoretical study of inelastic atomic collisions in the presence of a strong electromagnetic wave is made. In addition to the usual Landau-Zener collisional-coupling mechanism, there exists a radiative linkage between states. Valuable information concerning the diatomic system may be extracted by observing interference between the two processes. The possibility of employing null spectroscopy to relate the collisional and radiative coupling is discussed.Keywords
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