Laser Excitation of the Th-229 Nucleus
- verfasst von
- J. Tiedau, M. V. Okhapkin, K. Zhang, J. Thielking, G. Zitzer, E. Peik, F. Schaden, T. Pronebner, I. Morawetz, L. Toscani De Col, F. Schneider, A. Leitner, M. Pressler, G. A. Kazakov, K. Beeks, T. Sikorsky, T. Schumm
- Abstract
The 8.4 eV nuclear isomer state in Th-229 is resonantly excited in Th-doped CaF2 crystals using a tabletop tunable laser system. A resonance fluorescence signal is observed in two crystals with different Th-229 dopant concentrations, while it is absent in a control experiment using Th-232. The nuclear resonance for the Th4+ ions in Th:CaF2 is measured at the wavelength 148.3821(5) nm, frequency 2020.409(7) THz, and the fluorescence lifetime in the crystal is 630(15) s, corresponding to an isomer half-life of 1740(50) s for a nucleus isolated in vacuum. These results pave the way toward Th-229 nuclear laser spectroscopy and realizing optical nuclear clocks.
- Externe Organisation(en)
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Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (PTB)
Vienna Center for Quantum Science and Technology
- Typ
- Artikel
- Journal
- Physical review letters
- Band
- 132
- ISSN
- 0031-9007
- Publikationsdatum
- 29.04.2024
- Publikationsstatus
- Veröffentlicht
- Peer-reviewed
- Ja
- ASJC Scopus Sachgebiete
- Physik und Astronomie (insg.)
- Elektronische Version(en)
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https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.132.182501 (Zugang:
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