EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATION OF EXCITED-STATE LIFETIMES IN ATOMIC YTTERBIUM

Authors
BOWERS CJ BUDKER D COMMINS ED DEMILLE D FREEDMAN SJ NGUYEN AT SHANG SQ ZOLOTOREV M
Citation
Cj. Bowers et al., EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATION OF EXCITED-STATE LIFETIMES IN ATOMIC YTTERBIUM, Physical review. A, 53(5), 1996, pp. 3103-3109
Citations number
34
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
Physical review. A → ACNP
ISSN journal
10502947
Volume
53
Issue
5
Year of publication
1996
Pages
3103 - 3109
Database
ISI
SICI code
1050-2947(1996)53:5<3103:EIOELI>2.0.ZU;2-S
Abstract
Lifetimes of 21 excited states in atomic Yb were measured using time-r esolved fluorescence detection following pulsed laser excitation. The lifetime of the 4f(14)5d6s D-3(1) state, which is of particular import ance for a proposed study of parity nonconservation in atoms, was meas ured to be 380(30) ns.