https://doi.org/10.1007/PL00021605
The FERRUM project: radiative lifetimes of intermediate-excitation states of Fe II measured in a fluorescence signal induced by laser pumping from a metastable state
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Department of Physics, Lund Institute of Technology, P. O. Box 118, 221 00 Lund Sweden
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Department of Physics, University of Lund, P. O. Box 118, 221 00 Lund, Sweden
Received:
27
November
1998
Published online: 15 April 1999
A new collaborative program, the FERRUM project, aims at
extending and improving the database of oscillator strengths for the
astrophysical important Fe II spectrum. In this paper we report on the
experimental method applied for measurements of radiative lifetimes of
Fe II levels at intermediate excitation (5-10 eV) that can be
populated by laser excitation from metastable states. The technique
involves a laser-produced plasma as a source for metastable ions, a
stimulated Brillouin scattering cell for shortening the laser pulse,
and fast time resolved detection. We have applied the technique on two
Fe II levels at about 7.5 eV and obtained the lifetimes: 
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PACS: 32.70.Cs – Oscillator strengths, lifetimes, transition moments / 42.62.Fi – Laser spectroscopy
© EDP Sciences, Società Italiana di Fisica, Springer-Verlag, 1999
