Ion processes in the photoionization of laser cooled alkali atoms

Authors
Fuso, F Ciampini, D Arimondo, E Gabbanini, C
Citation
F. Fuso et al., Ion processes in the photoionization of laser cooled alkali atoms, OPT COMMUN, 173(1-6), 2000, pp. 223-232
Citations number
19
Categorie Soggetti
Apllied Physucs/Condensed Matter/Materiales Science","Optics & Acoustics
Journal title
OPTICS COMMUNICATIONS
ISSN journal
00304018 → ACNP
Volume
173
Issue
1-6
Year of publication
2000
Pages
223 - 232
Database
ISI
SICI code
0030-4018(20000101)173:1-6<223:IPITPO>2.0.ZU;2-J
Abstract
The results of recent photoionization experiments performed on laser cooled cesium and rubidium atoms are critically examined. The role of processes, as ion diffusion and recombination, determining the time evolution and the rate of the produced atomic ions is discussed. A more precise model of the ion evolution is presented, numerically solved and compared to the experime ntal data. (C) 2000 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.