Lifetime measurement of the metastable 3d 2D5/2 state in the 40Ca+ ion using the shelving technique on a few-ion string

Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2004, Pages

  Staanum, Peter ^a   Jensen, Inger S ^a   Martinussen, Randi G ^a   Voigt, Dirk ^a,b   Drewsen, Michael ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASTRONOMY; ATOMIC BEAMS; CALCIUM; CRYSTAL ATOMIC STRUCTURE; ELECTRODES; GALAXIES; ION SOURCES; IONIZATION; LASER APPLICATIONS; LASER BEAMS; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATION; POLARIZATION; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; STAINLESS STEEL; SYSTEMATIC ERRORS; ULTRAHIGH VACUUM;

COLLISION EFFECTS; EXCITATION PROCESSES; LASER COOLING; SHELVING TECHNIQUE; TRAP PARAMETERS;

MOLECULAR PHYSICS;

EID: 2542420190     PISSN: 10502947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.69.032503     Document Type: Article

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