Time-Resolved Studies of Atoms and Ions in the Short-Wavelength Region
Radiative lifetimes have been studied in neutral copper, gold, magnesium, zinc, tellurium, sulphur, selenium, bismuth and helium and in singly ionised platinum and palladium. The radiative lifetimes were determined by time-resolved spectroscopy following single, two-photon or stepwise laser excitation. The excitations required short wavelengths, obtained by frequency mixing of radiation from pulse
