Observation of an atomic Stark–electric-quadrupole interference
- 24 February 1986
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters
- Vol. 56 (8) , 823-826
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.56.823
Abstract
An interference between electric quadrupole and Stark induced dipole amplitudes is observed for the first time. Measurement of this interference in atomic strontium permits the first experimental determination of the decay rate between the lowest and metastable levels in an alkaline-earth atom. We obtain the result A(5s5p-5s4d)=(3.85±0.94±0.5 3)× .
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