MEASUREMENT OF THE LIFETIME OF THE ATOMIC CESIUM 5(2)D(5 2) STATE WITH DIODE-LASER EXCITATION/

Authors
HOELING B YEH JR TAKEKOSHI T KNIZE RJ
Citation
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
Citations number
15
Categorie Soggetti
Optics
Journal title
Optics letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
01469592
Volume
21
Issue
1
Year of publication
1996
Pages
74 - 76
Database
ISI
SICI code
0146-9592(1996)21:1<74:MOTLOT>2.0.ZU;2-0
Abstract
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