Precision Measurement of Lifetime and Branching Ratios of the $4f^{13}5d6s{}^1[5/2{]}_{5/2}$ state in Yb${}^{+}$ ions

Midhuna Duraisamy Suganthi, Visal So, Abhishek Menon +3

We report spectroscopic and time-resolved experimental observations to characterize the $[\mathrm{Xe}]4f^{13}{(}^2{F}_{5/2}^o)5d6s({}^{1}D){}^1[5/2{]}_{5/2}^o$ state in ${}^{172}$Yb$^…