Resonant Coherent Excitation of Channeled Ions

Abstract

We have observed resonant excitation of swift channeled hydrogenlike ions ($Z=5$ to $Z=9$) and heliumlike ${\mathrm{F}}^{7+}$ which arises from a coherent periodic perturbation by the atoms in the bounding crystal rows. The resonance excitation was seen through the reduction in the transmission of fixed-charge-state ions through channels in thin crystals of Au and Ag.