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Phys. Rev. A 54, 4461–4463 (1996)

Isotopically selective atom counting using photon burst detection

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R. D. LaBelle, C. S. Hansen, M. M. Mankowski, and W. M. Fairbank, Jr.
Department of Physics, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado 80523

Received 4 March 1996; published in the issue dated November 1996

Photon burst detection is used to count Mg+ ions in a 500-eV beam with high optical isotopic selectivity. Background rates of less than 1 count in 2 h have been achieved corresponding to an optical abundance sensitivity of 2×10-8. © 1996 The American Physical Society.

© 1996 The American Physical Society

URL:
http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevA.54.4461
DOI:
10.1103/PhysRevA.54.4461
PACS:
42.62.Fi