Supported by the Swedish Natural Science Research Council and the National Natural Science Foundation of China under No 10274025.
Radiative lifetimes of two short-lived levels (i.e. 4f^8 (TF6)6p^1/2 (6, 1/2)11/2,13/2) in Tb Ⅲ are measured by time-resolved laser-induced fluorescence (LIE) technique with a two-step excitation process. Fre...