Lifetime of the Cs 6P1/2 state in bcc and hcp solid 4He
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- Hofer, A. Département de Physique, Université de Fribourg (), Chemin du Musée 3, 1700, Fribourg, Switzerland
- Moroshkin, P. Département de Physique, Université de Fribourg (), Chemin du Musée 3, 1700, Fribourg, Switzerland
- Ulzega, S. EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland
- Weis, A. Département de Physique, Université de Fribourg (), Chemin du Musée 3, 1700, Fribourg, Switzerland
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2008
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- The European Physical Journal D. - EDP Sciences. - 2008, vol. 46, no. 1, p. 9-14
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Abstract.: We present the first experimental study of time-resolved fluorescence from laser-excited Cs(6P1/2) atoms isolated in a solid 4He matrix. The results are compared to the predictions of the bubble model including the interaction of the atomic dipole with its radiation reflected at the bubble interface. Our results show that in liquid He as well as in the body-centered cubic (bcc) crystalline phase of He the lifetime of excited Cs atoms does not depend on He pressure, in agreement with our theory. When going from the bcc to the hexagonally close-packed (hcp) phase of 4He the lifetime is reduced by ≈10% and decreases further with increasing He pressure. We assign this effect to the formation of Cs*Hen exciplexes, and determine the pressure dependence of the probability that the 6P1/2 state decays via this nonradiative channel
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EDP Sciences/Società Italiana di Fisica/Springer-Verlag, 2007 - Identifiers
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- RERO DOC 314553
- SWISSBIB (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1140/epjd/e2007-00275-5
- DOI 10.1140/epjd/e2007-00275-5
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