Decay of the 4d⁷(⁴F)5p z³F level at 62 326 cm^-1, with an evaluated lifetime of 2.4  ±  0.2 ns. Background subtracted data points with typical error bars are plotted together with a fitted single exponential decay convoluted by the measured laser pulse (solid line). The actual measurement covers more than 90 ns. The dashed curve shows the recorded laser pulse with a FWHM of 1.1 ns.