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

Document Type

Article

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.