Precise Lifetime Measurement of the Cesium $5^2{D}_{5/2}$ State

S. Pucher, P. Schneeweiss, A. Rauschenbeutel +1

We measure the lifetime of the cesium $5^2{D}_{5/2}$ state using a time-resolved single-photon-counting method. We excite atoms in a hot vapor cell via an electric quadrupole transit…