Production of a high-density state-selected metastable neon beam

Authors

J. A. Brand, University of Missouri-Rolla, Rolla, Missouri
J. E. Furst, University of Missouri-Rolla, Rolla, Missouri
Timothy J. Gay, University of Nebraska - LincolnFollow
L. D. Shearer, University of Missouri-Rolla, Rolla, Missouri

Date of this Version

January 1992

Comments

Published in Rev. Sci. Instrum. 63 (l), January 1992. Copyright 1992 American Institute of Physics. Used by permission.

Abstract

We have developed a high-density source of metastable neon and have selectively quenched both metastable species using a standing-wave dye laser. The source is compact, stable, and produces an average intensity of 3.6 x 10¹⁴ sr ^-1 s ^-1 and a density on target of 7.7 x 10⁶ cm^-3.