G. Mahr et G. Hermann, FINE-STRUCTURE EFFECTS ON COLLISIONAL BROADENING AND SHIFT OF THALLIUM 2-PHOTON LINES, Physical review. A, 54(4), 1996, pp. 2775-2778
Broadening and shift rates by rare gases have been measured fur the T1
transitions 6P(1/2)-nP(1/2,3/2) (n=9-14) applying Doppler-free two-ph
oton spectroscopy. The rates show a clearly significant dependence on
the total angular momentum of the upper nP states: and also a distinct
behavior over the most interesting range of intermediate effective pr
inciple quantum numbers. Calculations using a van der Waals potential
and a combination of polarization and Fermi pseudopotential describe t
hese dependences well.