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Spectroscopic Study and Lifetime Measurement of the state of radium
D. W. Booth, T. Rabga, R. Ready +7
We report a method for the precision measurement of the oscillator strengths and the branching ratios of the decay channels of the state in Ra. This method e…
Characterizing the Optical Trapping of Rare Isotopes by Monte Carlo Simulation
D. H. Potterveld, S. A. Fromm, K. G. Bailey +13
Optical trapping techniques are an efficient way to probe limited quantities of rare isotopes. In order to achieve the highest possible measurement precision, it is critical to opt…
Measurement of the Hyperfine Quenching Rate of the Clock Transition in Yb
C. -Y. Xu, J. Singh, J. C. Zappala +8
We report the first experimental determination of the hyperfine quenching rate of the transition in Yb with nuclear spin $…
Efficient, Tightly-Confined Trapping of 226Ra
R. H. Parker, M. R. Dietrich, K. Bailey +10
We demonstrate a technique for transferring Ra atoms from a 3-dimensional magneto-optical-trap (MOT) into a standing wave optical dipole trap (ODT) in an adjacent chamber.…
Optical Excitation and Decay Dynamics of Ytterbium Atoms Embedded in a Solid Neon Matrix
C. -Y. Xu, S. -M. Hu, J. Singh +5
Neutral ytterbium atoms embedded in solid neon qualitatively retain the structure of free atoms. Despite the atom-solid interaction, the 6s6p P level is found to remain met…
Ar-39 Detection at the 10^-16 Isotopic Abundance Level with Atom Trap Trace Analysis
W. Jiang, W. D. Williams, K. Bailey +8
Atom Trap Trace Analysis (ATTA), a laser-based atom counting method, has been applied to analyze atmospheric Ar-39 (half-life = 269 yr), a cosmogenic isotope with an isotopic abund…