Precision determination of the excited-state hyperfine splitting of Cadmium ions

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Main Authors: Zheng, Ying, Yu, Yanmei, Chen, Yiting, Miao, Shengnan, Shi, Wenxin, Zhang, Jianwei, Wang, Lijun
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author Zheng, Ying
Yu, Yanmei
Chen, Yiting
Miao, Shengnan
Shi, Wenxin
Zhang, Jianwei
Wang, Lijun
author_facet Zheng, Ying
Yu, Yanmei
Chen, Yiting
Miao, Shengnan
Shi, Wenxin
Zhang, Jianwei
Wang, Lijun
contents Precision determination of the hyperfine splitting of cadmium ions is essential to study space-time variation of fundamental physical constants and isotope shifts. In this work, we present the precision frequency measurement of the excited-state $^2{P}_{3/2}$ hyperfine splitting of $^{111,113}\mathrm{Cd}^+$ ions using the laser-induced fluorescence technique. By introducing the technology of sympathetic cooling and setting up free-space beat detection unit based on the optical comb, the uncertainties are improved to 14.8 kHz and 10.0 kHz, respectively, two orders of magnitude higher than the reported results from the linear transformation of isotope shifts. The magnetic dipole constants $A_{P_{3/2}}$ of $^{111}\mathrm{Cd}^+$ and $^{113}\mathrm{Cd}^+$ are estimated to be 395 938.8(7.4) kHz and 411 276.0(5.0) kHz, respectively. The difference between the measured and theoretical hyperfine structure constants indicates that more physical effects are required to be considered in the theoretical calculation, and provides critical data for the examination of deviation from King-plot linearity in isotope shifts.
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spellingShingle Precision determination of the excited-state hyperfine splitting of Cadmium ions
Zheng, Ying
Yu, Yanmei
Chen, Yiting
Miao, Shengnan
Shi, Wenxin
Zhang, Jianwei
Wang, Lijun
Atomic Physics
Precision determination of the hyperfine splitting of cadmium ions is essential to study space-time variation of fundamental physical constants and isotope shifts. In this work, we present the precision frequency measurement of the excited-state $^2{P}_{3/2}$ hyperfine splitting of $^{111,113}\mathrm{Cd}^+$ ions using the laser-induced fluorescence technique. By introducing the technology of sympathetic cooling and setting up free-space beat detection unit based on the optical comb, the uncertainties are improved to 14.8 kHz and 10.0 kHz, respectively, two orders of magnitude higher than the reported results from the linear transformation of isotope shifts. The magnetic dipole constants $A_{P_{3/2}}$ of $^{111}\mathrm{Cd}^+$ and $^{113}\mathrm{Cd}^+$ are estimated to be 395 938.8(7.4) kHz and 411 276.0(5.0) kHz, respectively. The difference between the measured and theoretical hyperfine structure constants indicates that more physical effects are required to be considered in the theoretical calculation, and provides critical data for the examination of deviation from King-plot linearity in isotope shifts.
title Precision determination of the excited-state hyperfine splitting of Cadmium ions
topic Atomic Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2501.13537