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PHOTOIONIZATION CROSS SECTION

MEASUREMENT IN 5p AND 5s SUBSHELLS OF EXCITED BARIUM ATOMS BETWEEN 40 eV AND

140 eV PHOTON ENERGY

J. Bizau, D. Cubaynes, P. Gerard, F. Wuilleumier, J. Picque

To cite this version:

J. Bizau, D. Cubaynes, P. Gerard, F. Wuilleumier, J. Picque. PHOTOIONIZATION CROSS SEC-

TION MEASUREMENT IN 5p AND 5s SUBSHELLS OF EXCITED BARIUM ATOMS BETWEEN

40 eV AND 140 eV PHOTON ENERGY. Journal de Physique Colloques, 1987, 48 (C9), pp.C9-491-

C9-496. �10.1051/jphyscol:1987979�. �jpa-00227400�

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Colloque C9, suppl6ment au n012, Tome 48, dhcembre 1987

PHOTOIONIZATION CROSS SECTION MEASUREMENT IN 5p AND 5 s SUBSHELLS OF EXCITED BARIUM ATOMS BETWEEN 4 0 eV AND 140 eV PHOTON ENERGY

J.M. BIZAU, D. CUBAYNES, P. GERARD, F.J. WUILLEUMIER and J.L.. PICQUE*

Laboratoire d e Spectroscopic Atomique et Ionique and LURE, Universite Paris-Sud, Bdt. 350, F-91405 Orsay Cedex, France

* ~ a b o r a t o i r e Aim@ Cotton, Universite Paris-Sud, Bdt. 505, F-91405 Orsay Cedex, France

Nous p r e s e n t o n s i c i l a p r e m i e r e m e s u r e de s e c t i o n s e f f i c a c e s de p h o t o i o n i s a t i o n e n c o u c h e s i n t e r n e s d ' u n a t o m e p r e p a r e d a n s u n e t a t e x c i t e . Des a t o m e s de b a r y u m o n t k t 6 p o r t e s d a n s l e s C t a t s e x c i t e s 6 s 5 d 'y3D B l ' a i d e d'un l a s e r c o n t i n u , e t i o n i s e s e n c o u c h e i n t e r n e a l ' a i d e d u r a y o n n e m e n t s y n c h r o t r o n e m i s p a r A C O . Nous m o n t r o n s que, d a n s c e c a s p a r t i c u l i e r , l e p l u s g r a n d e c r a n t a g e i n d u i t p a r l ' e l e c t r o n 5 d p r o d u i t u n e d i m i n u t i o n de l ' e n e r g i e d e l i a i s o n d e s e l e c t r o n s i n t e r n e s ' d a n s l ' a t o m e e x c i t e . N o u s o b s e r v o n s e g a l e m e n t une' a u g m e n t a t i o n d e l ' i n t e r a c t i o n e n t r e l e s v o i e s 4 d -+ e l e t 5p + el, 5 s + e l a u - d e s s u s des s e u i l s 4 d .

A b s t r a c t

We p r e s e n t t h e f i r s t m e a s u r e m e n t o f an i n n e r - s h e l l p h o t o i o n i z a t i o n c r o s s s e c t i o n i n an e x c i t e d a t o m . B a r i u m a t o m s w e r e l a s e r - e x c i t e d t o t h e 6 s 5 d

1 7 3 ~s t a t e s a n d p h o t o i o n i z e d b y s y n c h r o t r o n radiation f r o m A C O . It i s s h o w n t h a t t h e l a r g e r s c r e e n i n g o f t h e n u c l e a r c h a r g e i n d u c e d b y t h e 5 d e l e c t r o n l e a d s t o a d e c r e a s i n g o f t h e b i n d i n g e n e r g y o f t h e i n n e r e l e c t r o n s i n t h e e x c i t e d a t o m . We o b s e r v e a l s o a n i n c r e a s i n g o f t h e i n t e r c h a n n e l i n t e r a c t i o n b e t w e e n t h e 4 d + e l a n d 5p +el, 5 s + & 1 c h a n n e l s .

I n t h e 8 0 eV-140 eV p h o t o n e n e r g y r a n g e , t h e p h o t o a b s o r p t i o n s p e c t r u m of b a r i u m i n i t i a l l y i n i t s g r o u n d s t a t e ( 4 d I 0 5s' 5p6 6s' ' S O c o n f i g u r a t i o n ) i s k n o w n t o b e d o m i n a t e d b y a b r o a d a n d i n t e n s e r e s o n a n c e a b o v e t h e 4 d i o n i z a t i o n t h r e s h o l d s [I], c o r r e s p o n d i n g t o a r e s o n a n t l y e n h a n c e d 4 d + e f t r a n s i t i o n i n t h e c o n t i n u u m , l e a v i n g o n l y a w e a k o s c i l l a t o r s t r e n g t h t o t h e d i s c r e t e 4 d -+ n l t r a n s i t i o n s

['I.

P h o t o e l e c t r o n s t u d i e s u s i n g s y n c h r o t r o n r a d i a t i o n h a v e s h o w n i n t h e a t o m [3,4] a n d i n t h e s o l i d [5] t h a t t h i s l a r g e r e s o n a n c e w a s a l s o p r e s e n t i n t h e 5p -+ & 1 a n d 5 s - + e l p h o t o i o n i z a t i d n p a r t i a l c r o s s s e c t i o n s , p r o d u c e d v i a i n t e r c h a n n e l i n t e r a c t i o n w i t h t h e 4 d + e l c h a n n e l . H o w e v e r p h o t o a b s o r p t i o n s p e c t r a o f 6 a f and m a i n l y ~ a + + s h o w a t r a n s f e r o f t h e o s c i l l a t o r s t r e n g t h f r o m t h e c o n t i n u u m t o t h e d i s c r e t e p a r t o f t h e 4 d s p e c t r u m , d u e t o t h e d e c r e a s e o f t h e o u t e r s c r e e n i n g o f t h e n u c l e a r p o t e n t i a l w h i c h i n d u c e s t h e c o l l a p s e o f t h e 4 f o r b i t a l C61. Thus, b a r i u m r e p r e s e n t s a s e n s i t i v e t e s t o f t h e s c r e e n i n g , due t o t h e o u t e r e l e c t r o n s , o f t h e e f f e c t i v e p o t e n t i a l e x p e r i e n c e d b y i n n e r e l e c t r o n s o r b y l o w - l y i n g e m p t y o r b i t a l .

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Fig 1 : Photoelectron spectra recorded at 92.06 eV photon energy. Top panel: laser radiation off. The final states of Ba+ populated by photoio- nization of ground state B a atoms are indicated above the corresponding electron peaks. Bottom panel: laser radiation on.

N e w lines appear at lower binding energy than the previous ones. They are produced by photoioniza- tion of laser-excited atoms in the states 6s5d

*.",D.

KINETIC ENERGY (LV)

V e r y c l o s e l y r e l a t e d s t u d i e s h a v e b e e n r e c e n t l y r e p o r t e d o n t h e 5p + n l d i s c r e t e t r a n s i t i o n s i n b a r i u m a t o m s e x c i t e d i n t h e s t a t e s 6 s 5 d 1 3 3 ~ ,

r e a l i z e d b y p h o t o a b s o r p t i o n [ 7 ] a n d b y r e s o n a n t p h o t o e m i s s i o n [8]. I n t h i s case, a n d l i k e f o r t h e a t o m i n i t s g r o u n d s t a t e , t h e g i a n t r e s o n a n c e 5 p -+ 5d ' P w h i c h c a n b e e x p e c t e d i n v i e w o f t h e l a r g e o v e r l a p b e t w e e n t h e 5 d a n d 5p o r b i t a l s , i s i n f a c t s p r e a d o v e r a m u l t i t u d e of r e s o n a n c e s , d u e t o t h e c o l l a p s e o f t h e 5 d l o w l y i n g o r b i t a l i n t h e p r e s e n c e o f t h e 5p h o l e .

We h a v e p r e v i o u s l y r e p o r t e d r e s u l t s o n p h o t o i o n i z a t i o n c r o s s s e c t i o n m e a s u r e m e n t s i n t h e 5 d e x c i t e d s u b s h e l l of b a r i u m a t o m s p r e p a r e d i n t h e 6 s 5 d 1 3 3 ~ s t a t e s , b e t w e e n 4 0 eV a n d 140 eV p h o t o n e n e r g y [9]. Using t h e s a m e e x p e r i m e n t a l s e t - u p , w e p r e s e n t h e r e r e s u l t s o n 5 p a n d 5 s p h o t o i o n i z a t i o n c r o s s s e c t i o n s i n t h e e x c i t e d Ba a t o m s i n t h e s a m e e n e r g y r a n g e , c o v e r i n g d i s c r e t e and c o n t i n u u m e x c i t a t i o n s o f a 4 d e l e c t r o n . T h i s w o r k c o n s t i t u t e s t h e f i r s t m e a s u r e m e n t o f a n i n n e r - s h e l l p h o t o i o n i z a t i o n c r o s s s e c t i o n i n a n e x c i t e d a t o m .

F o r t h i s e x p e r i m e n t , a n e f f u s i v e beam o f Ba a t o m s w a s p r o d u c e d i n a f u r n a c e h e a t e d a t a b o u t 8 3 0 K, g i v i n g a t y p i c a l d e n s i t y i n t h e i n t e r a c t i o n v o l u m e o f a f e w 1 0 1 2 a t o m s / c m 3 . The Ba b e a m w a s c o l i n e a r w i t h t h e s y n c h r o t r o n r a d i a t i o n (SR) b e a m p r o d u c e d b y t h e ACO s t o r a g e r i n g , m o n o h r o m a t i z e d b y a t o r o i ' d a l g r a t i n g m o n o c h r o m a t o r ( l i n e A 6 1 ) . A l a s e r beam, f r o m a CW r i n g d y e l a s e r , c r o s s e d t h e a t o m i c beam a t r i g h t a n g l e s i n t h e i n t e r a c t i o n v o l u m e , a n d s e r v e d t o p r e p a r e t h e a t o m s i n t h e e x c i t e d s t a t e s . I t s w a v e l e n g t h w a s t u n e d a n d s t a b i l i z e d t o t h e 6s'

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t r a n s ~ t i o n a t 5 5 3 . 5 n m . The d y e u s e d w a s R h o d a m i n e 110, p r o v i d i n g l a s e r p o w e r up t o 6 0 0 mW. The 6 s 6 p ' P e x c i t e d s t a t e r a p i d l y d e c a y s t o t h e 6 s 5d ' j 3 0 m e t a s t a b l e s t a t e s , i n s u c h a w a y t h a t , u n d e r t h e s e e x p e r i m e n t a l conditions, we h a v e o b t a i n e d up t o 50 % o f t h e a t o m s p r e p a r e d i n t h e s e s t a t e s . No s i g n a l f r o m 6 s 6 p ' P a t o m s c o u l d b e d e t e c t e d . The e l e c t r o n s e m i t t e d a t t h e m a g i c a n g l e ( 5 4 ' 44') f r o m t h e i n t e r a c t i o n v o l u m e b e t w e e n SR a n d e x c i t e d Ba a t o m s w e r e e n e r g y a n a l y z e d by a CMA, w h o s e a x i s w a s c o l i n e a r t o SR b e a m . S i n c e t h e a t o m d e n s i t y w a s h i g h enough t o d e s t r o y t h e a l i g n m e n t of t h e a t o m s i n d u c e d b y t h e p o l a r i z a t i o n of t h e l a s e r beam

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t h i s g e o m e t r y a l l o w e d u s t o d i r e c t l y m e a s u r e a n g u l a r l y i n t e g r a t e d p h o t o i o n i z a t i o n c r o s s s e c t i o n s .

F i g u r e 1 s h o w s a s a n e x a m p l e p h o t o e l e c t r o n s p e c t r a r e c o r d e d w h e n t h e e n e r g y of t h e SR p h o t o n s i s a j u s t e d t o 9 2 . 0 6 eV. The s p e c t r u m on t h e t o p i s o b t a i n e d i n t h e a b s e n c e o f t h e l a s e r b e a m . We o b s e r v e e l e c t r o n s l i n e s p r o d u c e d b y t h e p h o t o i o n i z a t i o n i n t h e o u t e r a n d f i r s t i n n e r s u b s h e l l s o f b a r i u m a t o m s i n t h e g r o u n d s t a t e : 6 s ( l i n e a t 8 7 eV k i n e t i c e n e r g y ) , 5 p ( t w o l i n e s a r o u n d 6 8 eV c o r r e s p o n d i n g t o t h e 2 c o m p o n e n t s 5 ~ 1 1 2 a n d 5 ~ 3 1 ~ ) a n d 5 s ( l i n e a t 54 eV). S u r n u m e r o u s l i n e s a r e due t o p r o c e s s e s i n v o l v i n g s i m u l t a n e o u s e x c i t a t i o n o f a t l e a s t one m o r e e l e c t r o n t o a n e m p t y o r b i t a l ( s a t e l l i t e l i n e s ) . The s p e c t r u m a t t h e b o t t o m i s o b t a i n e d w i t h t h e l a s e r b e a m i r r a d i a t i n g t h e v a p o u r . The l i n e s d u e t o p h o t o l o n i z a t i o n o f t h e g r o u n d s t a t e a t o m s a r e s t i l l p r e s e n t b u t r e d u c e d i n i n t e n s i t y , s i n c e o u r v a p o u r i s c o n s t i t u t e d b y a t o m s b o t h i n t h e g r o u n d a n d e x c i t e d s t a t e s . The i n t e n s i t y r e d u c t i o n of t h e s e l i n e s a l l o w s u s t o m e a s u r e t h e t o t a l p o p u l a t i o n o f a t o m s i n e x c i t e d s t a t e s . M o r e o v e r , new l ~ n e s a p p e a r a t h i g h e r k i n e t i c e n e r g y t h a n t h e p r e v i o u s o n e s . They c o r r e s p o n d t o e l e c t r o n s p r o d u c e d b y p h o t o i o n i z a t i o n i n t h e s a m e s u b s h e l l s of a t o m s l a s e r e x c i t e d t o t h e t w o 6 s 5 d ' 1 3 0 s t a t e s , w h o s e r e s p e c t i v e c o n t r i b u t i o n i s u n r e s o l v e d a t t h i s p h o t o n e n e r g y . The b i n d i n g e n e r g y o f t h e m a i n l i n e s w e m e a s u r e f r o m s u c h s p e c t r a , b o t h i n g r o u n d a n d e x c i t e d s t a t e s a t o m s , a r e l i s t e d i n t a b l e 1 . We o b s e r v e t h a t t o p r o m o t e a 6 s e l e c t r o n t o t h e 5 d e x c i t e d l e v e l r e s u l t s i n a d e c r e a s e o f t h e b i n d i n g e n e r g y o f t h e i n n e r e l e c t r o n s . This i s i n a c c o r d a n c e w i t h Wendin's c a l c u l a t i o n w h i c h h a s s h o w n t h a t t h e 5 d o r b i t a l i s m o r e p e n e t r a t ~ n g th a n t h e 6 s one, t h u s s c r e e n i n g m o r e e f f i c i e n t l y t h e n u c l e a r p o t e n t i a l e x p e r i e n c e d by t h e i n n e r e l e c t r o n s [91.

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PHOTON ENERGY (eV) PHOTON ENERGY (0V)

F i s 2 : Photoionization cross Fis 3 : Photoionization cross section in the 5 p subshell of section in the 5 s subshell of excited Ba atoms in the states excited Ba atoms in the states 6s 5d *wzD. This work,

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P h o t o i o n i z a t i o n p a r t i a l c r o s s s e c t i o n s i n t h e 5p a n d 5 s s u b s h e l l s of l a s e r - e x c i t e d a t o m s a r e p r e s e n t e d i n f i g u r e s 2 and 3 r e s p e c t i v e l y , b e t w e e n 40 eV a n d 140 eV SR p h o t o n e n e r g y . O u r m e a s u r e m e n t s ( p o i n t s w i t h e r r o r b a r s ) a r e c o m p a r e d w i t h t h e r e s u l t s o f t h e o n e - e l e c t r o n c a l c u l a t i o n b y S a l z m a n n a n d P r a t t ( d a s h e d l i n e ) [I I]. A b s o l u t e v a l u e s f o r o u r d a t a a r e o b t a i n e d l i k e i n [9], b y n o r m a l i z a t i o n o f t h e 5 p p h o t o i o n i z a t i o n c r o s s s e c t i o n w e m e a s u r e d f o r t h e g r o u n d s t a t e a t o m t o t h e one c a l c u l a t e d b y Wendin u s i n g LDRPA. O u r d a t a do n o t i n c l u d e t h e c o n t r i b u t i o n s f r o m a l l t h e s a t e l l i t e l i n e s . F o r t h e 5 p c r o s s s e c t i o n w e h a v e m e a s u r e d t h e r a t i o s u m o f s a t e l l i t e s t o m a i n l i n e t o b e r o u g h l y c o n s t a n t a n d e q u a l t o 12 X i n t h i s w h o l e e n e r g y r a n g e , e x c e p t i n t h e 4 d e l e c t r o n d i s c r e t e e x c i t a t i o n s r e g i o n w e w i l l d i s c u s s l a t e r . O u t s i d e t h e r e s o n a n c e r e g i o n 8 5 eV

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1 2 0 eV, no d i f f e r e n c e s f o r t h e 5p a n d 5 s c r o s s s e c t i o n s i n t h e e x c i t e d a t o m a r e m e a s u r a b l e w i t h i n o u r i n s t r u m e n t a l p r e c i s i o n f r o m t h o s e i n t h e s a m e s u b s h e l l o f t h e a t o m i n i t s g r o u n d s t a t e [3]. T h i s shows t h e w e a k c o u p l i n g b e t w e e n t h e i n n e r - s h e l l e l e c t r o n s and t h e o u t e r e l e c t r o n i n w h a t c o n c e r n s c o n t i n u u m p h o t o i o n i z a t i o n c r o s s s e c t i o n . The s a m e phenomenon h a s b e e n o b s e r v e d f o r t h e 2 p p h o t o i o n i z a t i o n c r o s s s e c t i o n b e t w e e n g r o u n d s t a t e 3 s 2 ~ 1 / 2 s o d i u m a t o m s a n d l a s e r e x c i t e d s o d i u m a t o m s i n t h e s t a t e 3 p (12). The p r e s e n c e o f t h e l a r g e r e s o n a n c e a r o u n d 100 eV, l i k e f o r t h e Ba 5 d c r o s s s e c t i o n , p r o v e s t h a t i n t e r - c h a n n e l c o u p l i n g w i t h t h e 4 d + c l c h a n n e l s i s s t i l l t h e d o m i n a t i n g p r o c e s s . I t i s n o t d e s c r i b e d o f c o u r s e b y t h e o n e - e l e c t r o n c a l c u l a t i o n .

We h a v e s t u d i e d i n g r e a t e r d e t a i l t h e m o s t s e n s i t i v e r e g i o n b e t w e e n 9 0 eV a n d 102 eV o f t h e d i s c r e t e e x c i t a t i o n s o f a 4 d e l e c t r o n i n t h e e x c i t e d a t o m . The d o m i n a n t p h o t o i o n i z a t i o n p r o c e s s e s c a n b e d e s c r i b e d as :

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Ba* 4 d I 0 5s' 5p6 6 s 5 d ' Y ~ D

+

h q

-

(c) ~ Ba+

+

e-

R e s o n a n t ( a u t o i o n i z a t i o n , p a t h (a,b)) a n d d i r e c t s i n g l e i o n i z a t i o n ( p a t h (c)) h a v e t h e s a m e o r d e r of m a g n i t u d e . A u t o i o n i z a t i o n t o ~ a " f i n a l s t a t e s ( n = 2,3), w h i c h i s s u p p o s e d t o be s t r o n g , i s n o t o b s e r v a b l e w i t h o u r a p p a r a t u s . N e v e r t h e l e s s , t h e c o m p a r i s o n of t h e t o t a l y i e l d o f 4 d A u g e r e l e c t r o n s a n d 4 d p h o t o e l e c t r o n s w e h a v e o b s e r v e d f o r t h e g r o u n d s t a t e a t o m s u g g e s t s t h a t d e s e x c i t a t i o n o f a 4 d h o l e l e a d s t o a m i n i m u m r a t i o B a n + / ~ a f o f 0 . 6 . We h a v e m e a s u r e d t h e e x c i t a t i o n functions o f a l l t h e ~ a + e x i t c h a n n e l s b e t w e e n 9 0 eV a n d t h e 4 d t h r e s h o l d s . The m a i n Ba+ e x i t c h a n n e l i s Ba+ 4d1° 5 s 2 5p4 6 s 5 d n l c l ' , d u e t o t h e s t r o n g o v e r l a p b e t w e e n 4 d a n d 5 p o r b i t a l s , p r o d u c i n g t h e s a t e l l i t e s t r u c t u r e o b s e r v e d b e t w e e n 40 eV a n d 5 0 eV b i n d i n g e n e r g y o n t h e s p e c t r a o f t h e f i g u r e 1 . We o n l y p r e s e n t h e r e ( f i g u r e 4), t h e e x c i t a t i o n f u n c t i o n s f o r t h e s u m o f a l l t h e Ba+ e x l t c h a n n e l s , e x c e p t t h e Ba+ 4 d + EI

Fig 4

:

Excitation functions for the sum of the Ba* exit channels in the region of discrete excitations of a 4d electron for Ba atoms in the ground state

6P3 IS (middle

panel), and for Ba atoms in the excited states 6s 5d

* s 3 D

(bottom panel). They are compared to the photoabsorption spectrum

1131

for the ground state atoms (top panel). Our results do not include contributions from the 4d

-, i

1 channels above the 4d threshold

(indicated by vertical bars) .

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c h a n n e l s a b o v e t h e 4 d t h r e s h o i d s , f o r g r o u n d s t a t e a t o m s ( m i d d l e p a n e l ) a n d e x c i t e d s t a t e s a t o m s ( b o t t o m p a n e l ) . P h o t o a b s o r p t i o n s p e c t r u m r e c o r d e d b y E d e r e r e t a l [ 1 3 ] f o r t h e g r o u n d s t a t e .Ba a t o m s i s a l s o r e p o r t e d i n t h e t o p p a n e l . T a k i n g a c c o u n t o f o u r l o w e r r e s o l u t i o n , it c o m p a r e s q u i t e w e l l w i t h o u r excitation f u n c t i o n f o r t h e g r o u n d s t a t e a t o m s , d e s p i t e w e d o n o t i n c l u d e c o n t r i b u t i o n f r o m t h e ~ a " ( n > l ) e x i t c h a n n e l s . F o r e x c i t e d atoms, t h e n u m b e r of r e s o n a n c e s i s s p r e a d o u t a n d m u l t i p l i e d b e c a u s e o f t h e g r e a t e r n u m b e r o f a l l o w e d c o u p l i n g s , as o b s e r v e d i n t h e 5p e l e c t r o n e x c i t a t i o n s r e g i o n [7,8]. The t w o m a i n r e s o n a n c e s a r e s h i f t e d t o l o w e r e n e r g y b y a b o u t t h e e n e r g y b r o u g h t b y t h e l a s e r i n t h e e x c i t e d a t o m s . B u t t h e m o r e s t r i k i n g p h e n o m e n o n , as c o m p a r e d t o t h e g r o u n d s t a t e a t o m s , i s an i n c r e a s e i n i n t e n s i t y of t h e l a r g e r e s o n a n c e i n t h e c o n t i n u u m a b o v e t h e m a i n 4 6 t h r e s h o l d s . So, t o p r o m o t e an o u t e r e l e c t r o n t o t h e 5 d e x c i t e d l e v e l s e e m s t o s t r e n g t h e n t h e i n t e r a c t i o n b e t w e e n t h e 5p, 5 s -, e l and 4 d + e l c h a n n e l s .

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