Lifetime of the metastable 6s′ [½]0 clock state in xenon
Optics Letters, Vol. 20, Issue 10, pp. 1192-1194 (1995)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OL.20.001192
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Abstract
To investigate the potential of a proposed optical frequency standard, we have measured the lifetime of the metastable 6s′ [½]0 state in xenon. Magneto-optically trapped xenon atoms were prepared in the 6s′ [½]0 state, and the time dependence of the vacuum-ultraviolet decay signature was analyzed. The total decay rate of 75(3) s-1 is the sum of a 7.8(38)-s-1 spontaneous emission rate (1-σ uncertainties) and a much larger deexcitation rate that is due to a transition driven by room-temperature blackbody radiation.
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Citation
M. Walhout, U. Sterr, A. Witte, and S. L. Rolston, "Lifetime of the metastable 6s′ [½]0 clock state in xenon," Opt. Lett. 20, 1192-1194 (1995)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/ol/abstract.cfm?URI=ol-20-10-1192
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