Abstract

Lifetimes of the upper states of two optical-resonance transitions in aluminum have been measured using the phase-shift method. Data were taken over a large range of fluorescence intensities, to allow for evaluation of the effects of scattered exciting light and radiation entrapment. The results obtained are $\tau 4s^2{S}_{\frac{1}{2}}=7.05$, τ3d²D = 13.70 ± 0.40 nsec.

© 1968 Optical Society of America

Measurement of Lifetimes of Excited States of Na, Tl, In, Ga, Cu, Ag, Pb, and Bi by the Phase-Shift Method

Paul T. Cunningham and John K. Link
J. Opt. Soc. Am. 57(8) 1000-1007 (1967)

Measurement of the Radiative Lifetimes of the First Excited States of Na, K, Rb, and Cs by Means of the Phase-Shift Method*

John K. Link
J. Opt. Soc. Am. 56(9) 1195-1199 (1966)

Direct Measurement of Atomic Lifetimes of Cesium and Sodium*

Richard J. Wolff and Sumner P. Davis
J. Opt. Soc. Am. 58(4) 490-495 (1968)

Beam-Foil Excitation Studies of Aluminum with a Heavy-Ion Accelerator

T. Andersen, K. A. Jessen, and G. Sorensen
J. Opt. Soc. Am. 59(9) 1197-1201 (1969)

Determination of the Absorption Cross Section of the Laser Transitions of the Nd⁺³ Ion in the Nd⁺³:SeOCl₂ System

H. Samelson, A. Heller, and C. Brecher
J. Opt. Soc. Am. 58(8) 1054-1056 (1968)