The quantum Zeno effect (QZE) is not only interesting as a manifestation of the counterintuitive behavior of quantum mechanics, but may also have practical applications. When a spectroscopy laser is applied to target atoms or ions prepared in an initial state, the Rabi flopping of an auxiliary transition sharing one common level can be inhibited. This effect is found to be strongly dependent on the detuning of the spectroscopy laser and offers a sensitive spectroscopy signal which allows for high precision spectroscopy of transitions with a small excitation rate. We demonstrate this method with direct frequency comb spectroscopy using the minute power of a single mode to drive a dipole allowed transition in a single trapped ion. Resolving the individual modes of the frequency comb demonstrates that the simple instantaneous quantum collapse description of the QZE can not be applied here, as these modes need several pulses to build up.
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