Open AccessREMARKS ON QUANTUM BEAT EXPERIMENT OF HIGHLY EXCITED SODIUM ATOMS
Author(s) -
Zhu Xiao
Publication year - 1981
Publication title -
wuli xuebao
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.199
H-Index - 47
ISSN - 1000-3290
DOI - 10.7498/aps.30.1688
Subject(s) - excited state , observable , beat (acoustics) , physics , atomic physics , electric field , sodium , quantum , quantum mechanics , materials science , metallurgy
A few analytical expressions for the observables in a quantum beat experiment is derived, which can be used to describe the experimental results and to obtain the fs splitting in sodium D states. The, change of the n2D states of sodium atoms in a weak electric field is also discussed.