Precision determination of dipole transition elements with a single ion

H. Shao; Y.-B. Tang; H.-L. Yue; F.-F. Wu; Z.-X. Ma; Y. Huang; L.-Y. Tang; H. Guan; K.-L. Gao

doi:10.1364/PRJ.530283

Photonics Research, Volume. 12, Issue 10, 2242(2024)

Precision determination of dipole transition elements with a single ion

H. Shao¹, Y.-B. Tang^2,8、*, H.-L. Yue^1,3, F.-F. Wu⁴, Z.-X. Ma^1,3, Y. Huang^1,5, L.-Y. Tang¹, H. Guan^1,5,6,9、*, and K.-L. Gao^1,5,7,10、*

Author Affiliations

¹State Key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance and Atomic and Molecular Physics, Innovation Academy for Precision Measurement Science and Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430071, China

²Physics Teaching and Experiment Center, Shenzhen Technology University, Shenzhen 518118, China

³University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China

⁴College of Sciences, China Jiliang University, Hangzhou 310018, China

⁵Hefei National Laboratory, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230088, China

⁶Wuhan Institute of Quantum Technology, Wuhan 430206, China

⁷Hefei National Research Center for Physical Sciences at the Microscale and School of Physical Sciences, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China

⁸e-mail: tangyongbo@sztu.edu.cn

⁹e-mail: guanhua@apm.ac.cn

¹⁰e-mail: klgao@apm.ac.cn

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Paper Information

Category: Spectroscopy

Received: May. 21, 2024

Accepted: Jul. 22, 2024

Published Online: Sep. 27, 2024

The Author Email: Y.-B. Tang (tangyongbo@sztu.edu.cn), H. Guan (guanhua@apm.ac.cn), K.-L. Gao (klgao@apm.ac.cn)

DOI:10.1364/PRJ.530283

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