Optogalvanic Spectroscopy of Metastable States in Yb^{+}

M. J. Petrasiunas, E. W. Streed, T. J. Weinhold +2

The metastable ^{2}F_{7/2} and ^{2}D_{3/2} states of Yb^{+} are of interest for applications in metrology and quantum information and also act as dark states in laser cooling. Thes…