Strong New Emission Bands in Alkali-Noble-Gas Systems

Abstract
Strong new visible emission bands are observed when mixtures of Cs of Rb with noble gases are excited with blue lines of an argon-ion laser. The bands in Cs are believed to be due to transitions between 7sσ bound excited states and dissociating 6sσ ground states of alkali-noble-gas molecules, and they may have potential for excimer laser systems.