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Photoionization Spectra of High Rydberg Series and Ionization Potential of Ag

Toshiaki Ishikawa

(Received October 28, 1993; accepted for publication February 19, 1994)

A series of the Rydberg states of Ag in quantum numbers n=22 to 60 produced by a three-step selective excitation process using three tunable dye lasers is measured. It is found that the least squares fitting of the Rydberg formula to the observed Rydberg series yields the ionization potential of E _i=61104.3 cm^-1±0.06 cm^-1.

URL: http://jjap.jsap.jp/link?JJAP/33/2056/
DOI: 10.1143/JJAP.33.2056
KEYWORDS:silver, Rydberg state, quantum defect, ionization potential, photoionization, multistep excitation process

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