Blackbody-radiation-induced Stark shifts in perturbed Rydberg series Export

@article{citeulike:1930433, abstract = {Blackbody radiation is expected to produce a temperature-dependent Stark shift in atomic Rydberg states. Unfortunately; in "one-electron" atoms; all the Rydberg levels experience the same shift; and the effect is only observable on an optical transition from the ground state. However; in a many-electron atom the presence of valence-state perturbers leads to unequal shifts of the Rydberg levels. This should make it possible to observe the frequency shift of a transition between two neighboring Rydberg states at a frequency in the radio-frequency range. This eliminates the need for a very stable visible laser; which so far has been the major technical obstacle to the observation and utilization of the effect. We present as an example a specific case in Ba.}, author = {Gallagher, T. F. and Sandner, W. and Safinya, K. A. and Cooke, W. E.}, citeulike-article-id = {1930433}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.23.2065}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://link.aps.org/abstract/PRA/v23/i4/p2065_1}, citeulike-linkout-2 = {http://link.aps.org/pdf/PRA/v23/i4/p2065_1}, doi = {10.1103/PhysRevA.23.2065}, journal = {Physical Review A}, keywords = {blackbody, electric-fields, magnetic-noise, rydberg, surface-effects}, month = {April}, number = {4}, pages = {2065+}, posted-at = {2007-11-17 11:53:22}, priority = {2}, publisher = {American Physical Society}, title = {Blackbody-radiation-induced Stark shifts in perturbed Rydberg series}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.23.2065}, volume = {23}, year = {1981} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:1930433 L3 - citeulike-article-id:1930433 N2 - Blackbody radiation is expected to produce a temperature-dependent Stark shift in atomic Rydberg states. Unfortunately; in "one-electron" atoms; all the Rydberg levels experience the same shift; and the effect is only observable on an optical transition from the ground state. However; in a many-electron atom the presence of valence-state perturbers leads to unequal shifts of the Rydberg levels. This should make it possible to observe the frequency shift of a transition between two neighboring Rydberg states at a frequency in the radio-frequency range. This eliminates the need for a very stable visible laser; which so far has been the major technical obstacle to the observation and utilization of the effect. We present as an example a specific case in Ba. IS - 4 JF - Physical Review A TI - Blackbody-radiation-induced Stark shifts in perturbed Rydberg series PB - American Physical Society VL - 23 SP - 2065 KW - blackbody KW - electric-fields KW - magnetic-noise KW - rydberg KW - surface-effects AU - Gallagher, TF AU - Sandner, W AU - Safinya, KA AU - Cooke, WE PY - 1981/04// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.23.2065 ER -