Rydberg states of silver:: Excitation dynamics of doped helium droplets

F. Federmann; K. Hoffmann; N. Quaas; J. D. Close

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.83.2548

Rydberg states of silver: Excitation dynamics of doped helium droplets

F. Federmann, K. Hoffmann, N. Quaas, J. D. Close

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Abstract

Silver atoms, initially embedded in nanodroplets of superfluid helium (roughly 10⁴ atoms in size), are found to move to the surface and desorb when excited to the broadened 5p level. The absorption of a second photon within less than 10 ns leads to the population of previously unobserved Rydberg states (20 < n < 60) of free silver atoms. This is the first result showing laser induced movement of a foreign atom from the inside to the surface of a nanodroplet of superfluid helium.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	2548-2551
Number of pages	4
Journal	Physical Review Letters
Volume	83
Issue number	13
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.83.2548
Publication status	Published - 1 Jan 1999

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