2-DIMENSIONAL RESONANCE IONIZATION IMAGING WITH A LOW-PRESSURE MERCURY ATOM VAPOR CELL

Authors
MATVEEV OI SMITH BW WINEFORDNER JD
Citation
Oi. Matveev et al., 2-DIMENSIONAL RESONANCE IONIZATION IMAGING WITH A LOW-PRESSURE MERCURY ATOM VAPOR CELL, Optics communications, 156(4-6), 1998, pp. 259-263
Citations number
9
Categorie Soggetti
Optics
Journal title
Optics communications → ACNP
ISSN journal
00304018
Volume
156
Issue
4-6
Year of publication
1998
Pages
259 - 263
Database
ISI
SICI code
0030-4018(1998)156:4-6<259:2RIIWA>2.0.ZU;2-6
Abstract
The first experiments in which two-dimensional (2D) pictures are obtai ned by an ultranarrowband mercury vapor resonance ionization image det ector (RIID) are demonstrated. It is shown that the use of a microchan nel plate in an atomic vapor cell allows the achievement of true 2D ul tranarrowband imaging, as well as a dramatic improvement in spatial re solution and signal level. (C) 1998 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights r eserved.