Physics – Atomic Physics
Scientific paper
2003-11-20
Phys. Rev. A 69, 032503 (2004)
Physics
Atomic Physics
10 pages, 7 figures. Submitted for publication
Scientific paper
10.1103/PhysRevA.69.032503
We present a measurement of the lifetime of the metastable 3d 2D5/2 state in the 40Ca+ ion, using the so-called shelving technique on a string of five Doppler laser-cooled ions in a linear Paul trap. A detailed account of the data analysis is given, and systematic effects due to unwanted excitation processes and collisions with background gas atoms are discussed and estimated. From a total of 6805 shelving events, we obtain a lifetime tau=1149+/-14(stat.)+/-4(sys.)ms, a result which is in agreement with the most recent measurements.
Drewsen Michael
Jensen Inger S.
Martinussen Randi G.
Staanum Peter
Voigt Dirk
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