Collisional excitation transfer and quenching in Rb(5P)-methane mixtures

M. Alina Gearba, Jeremiah H. Wells, Philip H. Rich +5

We have examined fine-structure mixing between the rubidium $5^2{P}_{3/2}$ and $5^2{P}_{1/2}$ states along with quenching of these states due to collisions with methane gas. Measur…