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Title: | Alkali-rare gas photodissociation lasers: applications to laser physics and atom-atom interactions |
Author(s): | Hewitt, John |
Director of Research: | Eden, James G. |
Doctoral Committee Chair(s): | Eden, James G. |
Doctoral Committee Member(s): | Carney, Paul S.; Gruebele, Martin; McCall, Benjamin J.; Swenson, Gary R. |
Department / Program: | Electrical & Computer Eng |
Discipline: | Electrical & Computer Engr |
Degree Granting Institution: | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
Degree: | Ph.D. |
Genre: | Dissertation |
Subject(s): | Laser physics
spectroscopy |
Abstract: | This dissertation describes several experiments in which alkali--rare gas laser systems are utilized as a simple platform with which to isolate and study atom-atom interactions and fundamental physical processes that are ill-understood or have never been investigated previously. Specifically, the minimum allowable energy separation between levels 2 and 3 in a three-level laser system has been investigated experimentally, as have two-photon absorption processes in atomic Rb and Cs. |
Issue Date: | 2014-01-16 |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/2142/46720 |
Rights Information: | Copyright 2013 John Darby Hewitt |
Date Available in IDEALS: | 2014-01-16 |
Date Deposited: | 2013-12 |
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Graduate Theses and Dissertations at Illinois