An atomic jet in a heat pipe for multiphoton spectroscopy

Abstract

A conventional heat pipe is modified to operate as a novel atomic jet setup with unprecedented advantages for multiphoton spectroscopy of alkaline-earth atoms especially to study the effect of external electric field, controlled excitation of forbidden transitions and for the study of collisional broadening and shift of excited states, and time evolution of Rydberg atoms. © 2007 American Institute of Physics.