The figure above is the Stark map with emphasis on
|mj| = 2
that was created from our data. Click
on the figure to display a full sized version.
Inset (a) shows a region of high applied field and frequency. Inset (b)
shows the crossing of the 18th and 19th manifolds. Note the individual
|mj|=0,1,and 2 characters present. Inset (c) shows the
crossing of the reddest state in the n=18 manifold with the bluest state
of the n=17 manifold. Click here for a full sized figure without the cutouts.
This data was collected
with most of the incident light polarized perpendicular to the applied
electric field so that the data consists of |mj|=0,1,2 with the
|mj|=2 being dominant. The |mj|=2 lines are almost
completely hydrogenic in nature due to their small quantum defect.
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