Laser spectroscopy and cooling of Yb+ ions on a deep-UV transition
Atomic Physics
2012-02-10 v1 Quantum Physics
Abstract
We perform laser spectroscopy of Yb+ ions on the 4f14 6s 2S_{1/2} - 4f13 5d 6s 3D[3/2]_{1/2} transition at 297 nm. The frequency measurements for 170Yb+, 172Yb+, 174Yb+, and 176Yb+ reveal the specific mass shift as well as the field shifts. In addition, we demonstrate laser cooling of Yb+ ions using this transition and show that light at 297 nm can be used as the second step in the photoionization of neutral Yb atoms.
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@article{arxiv.1112.0366,
title = {Laser spectroscopy and cooling of Yb+ ions on a deep-UV transition},
author = {Hendrik M. Meyer and Matthias Steiner and Lothar Ratschbacher and Christoph Zipkes and Michael Köhl},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1112.0366},
year = {2012}
}