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Isotope shifts and hyperfine splitting of the ${}^{1}S_{0}\rightarrow{}^{3}P_{1}$ transition in zinc

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Abstract

We report laser-induced-fluorescence spectroscopy of the 1S03P1{}^{1}S_{0}\rightarrow{}^{3}P_{1} intercombination transition in neutral zinc at 307.6 nm307.6~\mathrm{nm}. Isotope shifts are measured for all stable isotopes with kHz-level precision, improving previous data by about two orders of magnitude. For 67Zn^{67}\mathrm{Zn}, we resolve the excited-state hyperfine structure and determine δνCOG67,64=1085.933(4) MHz\delta\nu_{\mathrm{COG}}^{67,64}=1085.933(4)~\mathrm{MHz}, A=608.922(1) MHzA=608.922(1)~\mathrm{MHz}, and B=18.995(4) MHzB=-18.995(4)~\mathrm{MHz}. A King-plot comparison with the 1S01P1{}^{1}S_{0}\rightarrow{}^{1}P_{1} transition at 214 nm214~\mathrm{nm} gives field- and mass-shift parameters of F307.6,214=1.17(5)F_{307.6,214}=1.17(5) and K=153(60) GHzuK=-153(60)~\mathrm{GHz\,u}. These results provide the spectroscopic basis for narrow-line cooling and precision measurements based on zinc, including the development of an optical clock.

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@article{arxiv.2605.29574,
  title  = {Isotope shifts and hyperfine splitting of the ${}^{1}S_{0}\rightarrow{}^{3}P_{1}$ transition in zinc},
  author = {Felix Waldherr and Lukas Möller and Simon Stellmer},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2605.29574},
  year   = {2026}
}