Abstract

Utilizing the interaction between the output of a He–Ne laser oscillating at 3.39 μm (3s₂ –3p₄ transition in Ne) and excited neon atoms in a gas discharge, changes of the excited-population densities have been produced. These changes are observed as changes of intensity of spontaneous emission. By analyzing these intensity changes as functions of pressure, the approach to thermalization of the changes in the population densities of the 3s₄ and 3s₅ levels of neon has been observed. In this way the ratio of the transition probabilities for the 3s₅–2p₉ and the 3s₄–3p₈ transitions has been determined. This ratio is A₅/A₄= 2.18±0.24.

© 1972 Optical Society of America

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