Lifetime of the level from quantum jump statistics of a single laser-cooled ion

14 March 1997

journal article
letter
Published by IOP Publishing in Journal of Physics B: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics

Vol. 30 (5) , L141-L146
https://doi.org/10.1088/0953-4075/30/5/003

Abstract

We report the observation of quantum jumps in the fluorescence light of a single laser-cooled ion confined in an RF Paul trap. From about 3000 quantum jumps we determine the lifetime of the metastable level to be . Systematic errors have been reduced to a negligible level. Our result is compared to both existing theoretical and experimental data.

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