| SUPPRESSION OF EXCITED-ATOM TWO-PHOTON IONIZATION DUE TO RABI OSCILLATIONS BETWEEN THE EXCITED AND A LOWER STATE |
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A. Grudka and R. Parzyński Faculty of Physics, Adam Mickiewicz University Umultowska 85, 61-614 Poznań, Poland |
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| Received: December 14, 2000 |
| Optical resonance between the initially occupied excited atomic state and some lower lying state is shown to be a suppressor of two-photon ionization from this excited state via near-threshold Rydberg states because of Rabi oscillations between the resonantly coupled states. |
| DOI: 10.12693/APhysPolA.99.257 PACS numbers: 32.80.Rm, 42.50.Hz |