Lifetime measurement of the metastable state in using a single trapped ion

Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2005, Pages

  Letchumanan, V ^a   Wilson, M A ^a   Gill, P ^a   Sinclair, A G ^a  

^a NATIONAL PHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METASTABLE STATES; QUADRUPOLE TRANSITIONS; TRAPPED IONS;

ELECTRON TRAPS; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; IONS; LASER APPLICATIONS; STATISTICAL METHODS;

ELECTRON ENERGY LEVELS;

EID: 27144441125     PISSN: 10502947     EISSN: 10941622     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.72.012509     Document Type: Article

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