B. Hoeling et al., MEASUREMENT OF THE LIFETIME OF THE ATOMIC CESIUM 5(2)D(5 2) STATE WITH DIODE-LASER EXCITATION/, Optics letters, 21(1), 1996, pp. 74-76
The lifetime of the atomic cesium 5(2)D(5/2) State was measured with t
ime-correlated single-photon counting spectroscopy. Ground-state cesiu
m atoms were excited with a diode laser by use of an electric quadrupo
le transition. Analysis of the exponential decay of the cascade photon
s from the 6(2)P(3/2) State yields a 5(2)D(5/2) lifetime of 1225(12) n
s. (C) 1996 Optical Society of America