Associative ionization in laser-excited sodium vapor
- 1 January 1982
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review A
- Vol. 25 (1), 346-350
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physreva.25.346
Abstract
Associative ionization in and collisions has been studied using two dye lasers to produce excited sodium atoms. The rate constants for these processes are reported.
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