Extended Data Fig. 2: Lifetime measurement with in situ images.
From: Observation of a molecular bond between ions and Rydberg atoms
Molecular signal strength measured for different wait times t between the molecule creation and imaging. The exponential fit (blue line) results in a 1/e lifetime of 2.6 μs ± 0.2 μs for the lowest vibrational state in the molecular potential corresponding to the |69P1/2⟩-state. The insets show two in situ images for 0.7 μs and 3.5 μs wait time. Error bars denote one standard deviation.
