Using a three-step laser saturation excitation technique, the saturation effects on the Ba 6pns （J = 1） and 6pad （J = 1, 3） autoionization spectra are observed systemically in zero field. These saturation spectra are introduced to determine the high n members of 6pnl （l = 0, 2） autoionizing series and are used to analyse the channel interactions among the autoionizing series in zero field. Furthermore, the saturation excitation technique is applied to the electric field case, in which the saturation spectra of Ba 6pnk （｜M｜= 0, 1） autoionizing Stark states are measured. Most of these saturation spectra are observed for the first time so far as we know, which indicate the mixing of the autoionizing states in the electric fields.
The odd-parity high-lying states of the Sm atom are investigated systematically by a three-color resonant excitation scheme with two different excitation paths.The two intermediate states,4f 6 6s7s 7 F 0 and 4f 6 6s7s 7 F 1 are employed for paths I and II,respectively.Fifty-seven bound states are detected with paths I and II in the energy range between 44188 and 45515 cm 1,while 64 autoionizing states are found in the energy range from 45528 to 45761 cm 1.Not only the level energies of all observed states,but also the line widths of autoionizing states are determined.The possible impact of configuration interaction on the line shape of autoionizing states is also discussed.In addition,the total angular momentum is assigned uniquely to most of the states,whereas the information about the relative line intensity of all states is also presented.
LI Ming 1,2,DAI ChangJian 1,2 & XIE Jun 1,2 1 Key Laboratory of Display Materials and Photoelectric Devices,Ministry of Education,Tianjin 300191,China
