Observation of Quantum Jumps

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6 October 1986

journal article
research article
Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters

Vol. 57 (14) , 1696-1698
https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.57.1696

Abstract

We have recorded the laser-excited resonance fluorescence of one to three

{Ba}^{+}

ions and observed Bohr's "quantum jumps" when an ion decayed to the metastable

{}^{2}D_{\frac{5}{2}}

state, suddenly quenching its fluorescence. Most of the jumps mark Raman-Stokes scattering from the

{}^{2}S_{\frac{1}{2}}

and

{}^{2}D_{\frac{3}{2}}

levels.

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