Long-lived metastable states in the 4f${}^{13}$5d6s configuration of Yb${}^{+}$

Z. E. D. Ackerman, A. Cadarso Quevedo, Ilango Maran +4

We study the occurrence of long-lived metastable states in the 4f${}^{13}$5d6s electron configuration of Yb${}^{+}$. By optical pumping of a single trapped ion on the $^2F^\text{o}_{7/2}…