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Ytterbium Ion (Yb⁺)

Trapped/laser cooled: 1989 by H. A. Klein, A. S. Bell, G. P. Barwood, and P. Gill at NPL in Teddington, UK.
Reference: Appl. Phys. B 50, 13 (1990).

Basic information: Atomic/isotopic/spectroscopic information

(Some) groups currently using this ion:
      Duke U
      Griffith U
      JQI/U Maryland
      NPL
      Simon Fraser U
      U Cambridge
      U Sussex

Atomic structure:

Notes and references:

Wavelengths:	(as shown)	Phys. Rev. A 83, 013406 (2011)
2P1/2 lifetime:	8.12 ns	Phys. Rev. A 80, 022502 (2009)
2D3/2 lifetime:	52.7 ms	Phys. Rev. A 61, 022507 (2000)
3[3/2]1/2 lifetime:	37.7 ns	J. Phys. B 26, L701 (1993)
2S1/2 HFS (171Yb+):	12.643 GHz	IEEE Trans. Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics and Frequency Control 44, 344 (1997)
2P1/2 HFS (171Yb+):	2.105 GHz	Phys. Rev. A 49, 3351 (1994)
2D3/2 HFS (171Yb+):	0.86 GHz	Phys. Rev. A 76, 052314 (2007)
3[3/2]1/2 HFS (171Yb+):	2.21 GHz	Phys. Rev. A 76, 052314 (2007)

Also note that the transition to and repumping light from the ²F_7/2 level has not been included here.