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Physical Review B
A time-correlated single-photon counting method is used to measure the spontaneous emission lifetime of a single trapped barium ion, yielding a standard deviation of 0.5% for 8 min of integration time. The statistical power of this one-atom technique is comparable with that of other methods that use a macroscopic sample, but the technique has potentially lower systematic errors. The method depends on the use of an electro-optic phase modulator as an Nth-order nonlinear switch, which improves the response time by a factor of N and the on–off ratio by the Nth power. © 1994 Optical Society of America.
N.C. Wong, E.S. Kintzer, et al.
Physical Review B
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Physical Review Letters
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Physical Review A
R.G. DeVoe, A. Schenzle, et al.
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