Precision measurement of the lifetime of the 6p 2P_1/2 level of Yb+

Details Precision measurement of the lifetime of the 6p 2P_1/2 level of Yb+ Precision measurement of the lifetime of the 6p 2P_1/2 level of Yb+

2009-06-02

arxiv.org/abs/0906.0586v1

Phys. Rev. A 80, 022502 (2009)

Physics

Atomic Physics

5 pages, 5 figures

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevA.80.022502

We present a precise measurement of the lifetime of the 6p 2P_1/2 excited state of a single trapped ytterbium ion (Yb+). A time-correlated single-photon counting technique is used, where ultrafast pulses excite the ion and the emitted photons are coupled into a single-mode optical fiber. By performing the measurement on a single atom with fast excitation and excellent spatial filtering, we are able to eliminate common systematics. The lifetime of the 6p 2P_1/2 state is measured to be 8.12 +/- 0.02 ns.

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