We observed and directly measured the M1 transition between the two states of the fine structure splitting in the ground state of Ba 7+ with a visible spectrometer coupled to a compact electron beam ion trap. To validate the measurement accuracy, we demonstrated a calibration method using Ar + emissions from buffer gas. The wavenumber in vacuum was determined to be 23591.57 (15) cm −1 .
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