Measurement of the 9S level lifetime in francium Conference Paper

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abstract

• We measure the lifetime of the 9S state in francium through its decay to the 7P3/2 state using two photon excitation and time-correlated single-photon counting techniques. We obtain a lifetime of 107.53±0.94 ns. ©2003 Optical Society of America.

authors

• Aubin S.
• Gómez García Eduardo
• Orozco L.A.
• Sprouse G.D.

publication date

• 2003-01-01

published in

• Conference on Quantum Electronics and Laser Science (QELS) - Technical Digest Series  Proceedings

Research

keywords

• Electron energy levels; Electron traps; Fusion reactions; Laser pulses; Light interference; Magnetooptical effects; Optical variables measurement; Phase transitions; Photomultipliers; Photons; Probes; Targets; Excited states; Particle beams; Photons; Quantum electronics; Depumper laser; Magnetooptical trap; Multichannel analyzer; Photon excitation; Photon transitions; Time correlated single photon counting techniques; Francium; Francium; S state; Time-correlated single photon counting techniques; Two-photon excitations

Additional Document Info

start page

• QThPDB6/1

end page

• QThPDB6/2

volume

• 89