Incoherent repumping scheme in the 88Sr+ five-level manifold
Abstract
Laser-cooled trapped ions are at the heart of modern quantum technologies and their cooling dynamics often deviate from the simplified two-level atom model. Doppler cooling of the 88Sr+ ion involves several electronic levels and repumping channels that strongly influence fluorescence. In this work, we study a repumping scheme for the 88Sr+ ion by combining precision single-ion spectroscopy with comprehensive numerical modeling based on optical Bloch equations including 18 Zeeman sublevels. We show that, although the observed fluorescence spectra retain a Lorentzian lineshape, their width and amplitude cannot be explained by a two-level atom description. Moreover, we find the optimal repumping conditions for maximizing the photon scattering rate.
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