Abstract

The transition probability of a cascade-repopulated level can be determined from decay curves of all transitions into and out of that level. This analysis is extended to situations in which a contributing cascade is unmeasured, yielding both the transition probability sought and the mean life of the missing transition. This method is applied to the measurement of the mean lives of the 2p₉ and 2s₅ levels of Ne i.

© 1971 Optical Society of America

Assignments and Mean-Life Measurements for O ii and O iii Ions

M. Druetta, M. C. Poulizac, and M. Dufay
J. Opt. Soc. Am. 61(4) 515-518 (1971)

Absolute transition probabilities for the 2p⁵3s–2p⁵3p transition array in Ne i

R. M. Schectman, D. R. Shoffstall, D. G. Ellis, and D. A. Chojnacki
J. Opt. Soc. Am. 63(1) 80-84 (1973)

Radiative Lifetimes of N ii Using N₂⁺ and N⁺ Beams Incident on a Helium Gaseous Target*

Warren B. McCrocklin and Charles E. Head
J. Opt. Soc. Am. 61(5) 619-625 (1971)

Energy Levels and Transition Probabilities for Highly Ionized Atoms in the B i Isoelectronic Sequence

L. J. Shamey
J. Opt. Soc. Am. 61(7) 942-946 (1971)

Convolution of a time-dependent driven excitation into the decay curve of an arbitrarily cascaded and blended level

L. J. Curtis
J. Opt. Soc. Am. 64(4) 495-497 (1974)