Ion processes in the photoionization of laser cooled alkali atoms

Year: 2000

Authors: Fuso F., Ciampini D., Arimondo E., Gabbanini C.

Autors Affiliation: Istituto Nazionale di Fisica della Materia, Dipartimento di Fisica, Universita di Pisa, Piazza Torricelli 2, I-56126 Pisa, Italy; Istituto di Fisica Atomica e Molecolare del CNR, Via del Giardino 7, I-56127 Pisa, Italy

Abstract: The results of recent photoionization experiments performed on laser cooled cesium and rubidium atoms are critically examined. The role of processes, as ion diffusion and recombination, determining the time evolution and the rate of the produced atomic ions is discussed. A more precise model of the ion evolution is presented, numerically solved and compared to the experimental data. (C) 2000 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.

Journal/Review: OPTICS COMMUNICATIONS

Volume: 173 (1-6)      Pages from: 223  to: 232

KeyWords: photoionization
DOI: 10.1016/S0030-4018(99)00609-4

Citations: 12
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