Inverse Hook Method for Measuring Oscillator Strengths

W. A. van Wijngaarden; K. Bonin; W. Happer; E. Miron; D. Schreiber; T. Arisawa

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.56.2024

Inverse Hook Method for Measuring Oscillator Strengths

W. A. van Wijngaarden, K. Bonin, W. Happer, E. Miron, D. Schreiber, and T. Arisawa

Phys. Rev. Lett. 56, 2024 – Published 12 May 1986

Abstract

We describe a new method for measuring oscillator strengths for transitions between excited atomic states. The oscillator strength is determined from changes in the angular distribution or polarization of fluorescent light induced by the ac Stark effect of a laser pulse. The method can be thought of as a variant of the hook method in which the roles of atoms and photons have been interchanged.

Received 15 October 1985

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.56.2024

Authors & Affiliations

W. A. van Wijngaarden, K. Bonin, W. Happer, E. Miron^*, D. Schreiber^†, and T. Arisawa^‡

Department of Physics, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544

^*Present address: Nuclear Research Centre-Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel.
^†Present address: AT&T Bell Laboratory, Whippany, N.J. 07981.
^‡Present address: Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute, Tokai Research Establishment, Ibaraki-Ken, Japan.