INTERFERENCE BETWEEN COHERENT EMISSIONS IN MEASUREMENT OF ATOMIC LIFETIMES

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MACEK, J
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[1] Department of Physics, Behlen Laboratory, University of Nebraska, Lincoln
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.23.1
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O4 [物理学];
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It is pointed out that the (zero-field) oscillations seen in the decay curves for atoms excited by beam-foil collisions may be due to interference of light from different fine-structure levels; the interference can only be seen, however, if light of different polarizations is detected with different sensitivity. © 1969 The American Physical Society.
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