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GoldenAtlantis
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I was wondering about the process of atom excitement/ionization. If you have a atom that has 4 energy levels and a emitted photon from a laser that had the wave characteristics (F,L,E) as not the valance electron, but the sub shell below the valance electron (match the sub shell energy gap), can the system excite that electron in the sub shell before the valance electron? If so what are the implications of this? Is the time span so short ~10 ns that the valance electron does not drop to lowest energy state, or does the valance electron drop one level and the excited electron stays in the valance ring? I guess a third part could be that as that because the atom absorbs the EM photon energy and not just the electron with the one shell's matching characteristics the atom could dissipate some energy through vibrations, etc and excite an electron? Basically is there a set order that electrons have to be excited by in the shell/cloud system (outer to center)? Thanks