Coherent Excitation of the Highly Forbidden Electric Octupole Transition in ^{172}Yb^{+}.
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DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.125.163001
Abstract: We report on the first coherent excitation of the highly forbidden ^{2}S_{1/2}→^{2}F_{7/2} electric octupole (E3) transition in a single trapped ^{172}Yb^{+} ion, an isotope without nuclear spin. Using the transition in ^{171}Yb^{+} as a reference,… read more here.
Keywords: transition; electric octupole; excitation highly; highly forbidden ... See more keywords