Abstract
We describe the results of stimulated Raman spectroscopy between the fine-structure levels, specifically and metastable states, in a single trapped . Transitions between different Zeeman sublevels, split by an applied magnetic field, are clearly observed and the fine-structure level separation of is determined. This measurement provides a direct observation of this level separation. From the spectroscopic data, a prospect of using the -fine structure levels as a qubit for the quantum information processing is reviewed.
- Received 8 August 2007
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.77.012508
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