1. Highly-Excited Double Rydberg States of Ytterbium
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Wen Huang, Meng Xue, Cheng-bin Xu, Xiang-yuan Xu, and Die-yan Chen
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Physics ,Ytterbium ,Electronic correlation ,General Physics and Astronomy ,chemistry.chemical_element ,Spectral line ,Resonance excitation ,symbols.namesake ,chemistry ,Excited state ,Rydberg formula ,symbols ,Atomic physics ,Excitation - Abstract
By using five-laser resonance excitation in combination with a new detection method, the highly-excited double Rydberg states NLn'l (N ≥ 40, N/n' ≥ 0.5 and L, l < 4) of Yb have been observed. The relative excitation strengths between the Δl allowed and forbidden core transitions can be quantitatively measured. Analysis of the spectra has revealed the strong electronic correlation in such highly excited states.
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- 1994
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