Published June 17, 1985 | Version v1
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Observation of a laser-assisted ionization of the He(21S,23S)+He(11S) collision system involving a bound-free transition

  • 1. Centre d'Etudes Nucleaires de Saclay, Service de Physique des Atomes et des Surfaces, F-91191 Gif-sur-Yvette Cedex, France

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We report the first observation of an assisted He+ yield arising from single collisions between a He(21S,23S) atom beam on a He(11S) target in the presence of an intense laser field. A time-of-flight analysis shows that the pulsed laser-assisted ion signal is reproducible, energy dependent, and appears in addition to the continuous ion flux coming from a known field-free diabatic channel. From the estimated value of the diabatic ionization cross section sigma/sub d/, the order of magnitude of the assisted-ionization cross section sigma/sub a/ is given

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Journal Title
Phys. Rev. Lett.
Journal Volume
54
Journal Issue
24
Series
Phys. Rev. Lett.
Journal Page Range
2600-2603
ISSN
0031-9007
CODEN
PRLTA