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Density-operator description of foil-excited atomic beams: Zero-field quantum beats in L-S coupling without cascades

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Abstract

The decay curve of a spectral line with unresolved structure produced by a foil-excited atomic beam is considered in terms of a spherical tensor analysis of the density operator. In the case of L-S coupling, no external field and no cascades, the general expression is displayed and the necessary conditions for the appearance of quantum beats are discussed. By considering a series of special cases, some observable implications of the commonly assumed properties of the beam–foil excitation process are derived.

© 1973 Optical Society of America

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