IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement

Study of Yb/sup +/ trapped in a RF trap with light buffer gas by irradiation with resonant light (frequency standards)

K. Sugiyama, Jun Yoda

Published Apr 1, 1993• 7 citations

Abstract

The characteristics of Yb/sup +/ held in a RF trap in the presence of a light buffer gas by irradiation with resonant light beams, including those for depleting the metastable state of the /sup 2/D/sub 3/2/ and /sup 2/F/sub 7/2/ states, are studied. Further investigation is made concerning the disappearance of ionic detection signals via RF resonance absorption by irradiation with the radiation driving the /sup 2/S/sub 1/2/-/sup 2/P/sub 1/2/ transition.>

DOI: 10.1109/19.278606

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IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement

Study of Yb/sup +/ trapped in a RF trap with light buffer gas by irradiation with resonant light (frequency standards)

K. Sugiyama, Jun Yoda

Published Apr 1, 1993• 7 citations

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It is known that fluorescence of trapped

{\mathrm{Yb}}^{+}

ions fades with continuous driving of the

^{2}

{\mathrm{S}}_{1\mathrm{/}2}

${\mathrm{\ensuremath{-}}}^{2}$

{\mathrm{P}}_{1\mathrm{/}2}

transition in the presence of buffer gases. This phenomenon has been interpreted as being caused by population trapping in the

^{2}

{\mathrm{F}}_{7\mathrm{/}2}

state of

{\mathrm{Yb}}^{+}

. As another cause of the fluorescence disappearance, we found the production of

{\mathrm{YbH}}^{+}

by chemical reaction of

{\mathrm{Yb}}^{+}

in excited states with

{\mathrm{H}}_{2}

gas. We found that the wavelengths of 369.482, 369.202, and 368.947 nm, formerly assigned as wavelengths for deexcitation of

{\mathrm{Yb}}^{+}

in the

^{2}

{\mathrm{F}}_{7\mathrm{/}2}

state to the

^{2}

{\mathrm{S}}_{1\mathrm{/}2}

ground state, are actually photodissociation lines of

{\mathrm{YbH}}^{+}

. The change of the resonance point of rf resonance absorption signals indicates the production and dissociation of

{\mathrm{YbH}}^{+}

ions. The production of

{\mathrm{YbH}}^{+}

may be a problem in establishing frequency standards using buffer-gas-cooled

{\mathrm{Yb}}^{+}

, owing to difficulty in removing

{\mathrm{H}}_{2}

gas from vacuum systems.