Two-Color Laser Resonance Ionization Spectroscopy of Zirconium Atoms

Abstract

We have performed two-color laser resonance ionization spectroscopy of zirconium atoms to measure the energies of excited states below the third ionization limit. The number of intermediate states that we observed is 19, and energies deduced from the experiments agree with previous data. Complex ionization spectra of the excited states were observed through the intermediate states. The values of the first, second, and third ionization limits were derived from the Rydberg series of the spectra with quantum defect theory.