Abstract
The metastable populations of gadolinium atoms, which were generated by an electron beam gun, were measured by diode laser-based absorption spectroscopy. Transitions originating out of the ground and low-lying metastable levels were investigated in the spectral range of 390–394 nm. A tapered semiconductor power-amplifier which was seeded by a single-mode external-cavity diode laser was used as a fundamental light source for the second-harmonic generation in the ultraviolet wavelength range. The population appears to be frozen at an atomic excitation temperature of ∼600 K, which is about 1/4 of the heated surface temperature. The results obtained from the ultraviolet absorption spectra are compared to those obtained from the near-IR absorption spectra with wavelength ranges of 673–692 and 773–775 nm.
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