Completing the optical spectroscopy of the $6p_J$ manifold: the $5p_{3/2}\to 6p_{1/2}$ electric dipole forbidden transition in atomic rubidium

Francisco Ponciano-Ojeda, Cristian Mojica-Casique, Santiago Hernández-Gómez +6

We present the first evidence of excitation of the $5p_{3/2}\to 6p_{1/2}$ electric dipole-forbidden transition in atomic rubidium. The experiments were carried out in a ru…