S. Borneis et al., LASER-STIMULATED 2-STEP RECOMBINATION OF HIGHLY-CHARGED IONS AND ELECTRONS IN A STORAGE-RING, Physical review letters, 72(2), 1994, pp. 207-209
Two-step resonant laser-stimulated recombination of highly charged ion
s was performed for the first time. Nd:YAG laser pulses overlapped wit
h an Ar18+ beam in the electron cooler of the ESR storage ring at GSI
induced transitions from the continuum to the n = 81 state of hydrogen
like Ar17+. To avoid reionization in the bending magnet before reachin
g the detector, the n = 81 population was transferred to a state well
below the reionization threshold by a Ti:sapphire laser. Tuning of thi
s laser yielded the n = 81 to 36 and 37 transition-line profiles. The
two-step method provides access to detailed Rydberg spectroscopy in an
electron beam environment.