Lifetime of the F7 /2 2 Level in Yb+ for Spontaneous Emission of Electric Octupole Radiation

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Autoren

  • R. Lange
  • A. A. Peshkov
  • N. Huntemann
  • Chr Tamm
  • A. Surzhykov
  • E. Peik

Externe Organisationen

  • Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (PTB)
  • Technische Universität Braunschweig
  • Laboratory for Emerging Nanometrology Braunschweig (LENA)
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OriginalspracheEnglisch
Aufsatznummer213001
FachzeitschriftPhysical review letters
Jahrgang127
Ausgabenummer21
PublikationsstatusVeröffentlicht - 19 Nov. 2021
Extern publiziertJa

Abstract

We report a measurement of the radiative lifetime of the F7/22 level of Yb+171 that is coupled to the S1/22 ground state via an electric octupole transition. The radiative lifetime is determined to be 4.98(25)×107 s, corresponding to 1.58(8) yr. The result reduces the relative uncertainty in this exceptionally long excited state lifetime by 1 order of magnitude with respect to previous experimental estimates. Our method is based on the coherent excitation of the corresponding transition and avoids limitations through competing decay processes. The explicit dependence on the laser intensity is eliminated by simultaneously measuring the resonant Rabi frequency and the induced quadratic Stark shift. Combining the result with information on the dynamic differential polarizability permits a calculation of the transition matrix element to infer the radiative lifetime.

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Lifetime of the F7 /2 2 Level in Yb+ for Spontaneous Emission of Electric Octupole Radiation. / Lange, R.; Peshkov, A. A.; Huntemann, N. et al.
in: Physical review letters, Jahrgang 127, Nr. 21, 213001, 19.11.2021.

Publikation: Beitrag in Fachzeitschrift › Artikel › Forschung › Peer-Review

Lange, R, Peshkov, AA, Huntemann, N, Tamm, C, Surzhykov, A & Peik, E 2021, 'Lifetime of the F7 /2 2 Level in Yb+ for Spontaneous Emission of Electric Octupole Radiation', Physical review letters, Jg. 127, Nr. 21, 213001. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.127.213001
Lange, R., Peshkov, A. A., Huntemann, N., Tamm, C., Surzhykov, A., & Peik, E. (2021). Lifetime of the F7 /2 2 Level in Yb+ for Spontaneous Emission of Electric Octupole Radiation. Physical review letters, 127(21), Artikel 213001. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.127.213001
Lange R, Peshkov AA, Huntemann N, Tamm C, Surzhykov A, Peik E. Lifetime of the F7 /2 2 Level in Yb+ for Spontaneous Emission of Electric Octupole Radiation. Physical review letters. 2021 Nov 19;127(21):213001. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.127.213001
Lange, R. ; Peshkov, A. A. ; Huntemann, N. et al. / Lifetime of the F7 /2 2 Level in Yb+ for Spontaneous Emission of Electric Octupole Radiation. in: Physical review letters. 2021 ; Jahrgang 127, Nr. 21.
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