Abstract
We have recorded the laser-excited resonance fluorescence of one to three ions and observed Bohr's "quantum jumps" when an ion decayed to the metastable state, suddenly quenching its fluorescence. Most of the jumps mark Raman-Stokes scattering from the and levels.
- Received 12 May 1986
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.57.1696
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