BEAM-LASER LIFETIME MEASUREMENTS OF YB-II ENERGY-LEVELS

Authors
PINNINGTON EH BERENDS RW JI Q
Citation
Eh. Pinnington et al., BEAM-LASER LIFETIME MEASUREMENTS OF YB-II ENERGY-LEVELS, Physical review. A, 50(3), 1994, pp. 2758-2760
Citations number
13
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
Physical review. A → ACNP
ISSN journal
10502947
Volume
50
Issue
3
Year of publication
1994
Pages
2758 - 2760
Database
ISI
SICI code
1050-2947(1994)50:3<2758:BLMOYE>2.0.ZU;2-O
Abstract
Laser excitation of a fast beam of Yb+ ions has been used to make meas urements of the radiative life-times of eight Yb II energy levels, fou r of which were excited via transitions from the ion-trap metastable l evel 4f(13)6s22F-degrees7/2. Comparison is made with the lifetimes tha t may be derived from the semiempirical pseudorelativistic Hartree-Foc k calculation by Fawcett and Wilson [At. Data Nucl. Data Tables 48, 24 1 (1991)], the agreement being within 50% for seven of the eight level s considered.