Abstract
A pressure-broadening study of three-photon and one-photon resonances was performed using counterpropagating, linearly polarized laser beams. Self-broadening, as well as the collision-induced effects due to the presence of a second noble gas, was investigated for the 6s, 6s′, 5d and 7s of xenon and the 5s′ of krypton. A multiphoton ionization scheme in a calibrated proportional counter is the basis of a new technique by which collisional processes can be investigated for high pressure regimes which have previously been inaccessible to investigation, particularly for self-broadening where the mean free path of the photons is of the order of 10−3 cm for pressures as low as 1 Torr. Using this technique, we have recorded the collision-induced widths and shifts of the resonance for pressures up to 1000 Torr. In the hundreds of torr range, asymmetric, self-broadening line shapes were observed with full widths and shifts which were greater than five times the laser bandwidth (0.002-0.005 nm).
© 1985 Optical Society of America
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