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Spin-exchange optical pumping of noble-gas nuclei

Thad G. Walker and William Happer

Thad G. Walker

  • Department of Physics, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin 53706

William Happer

  • Department of Physics, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544

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Rev. Mod. Phys. 69, 629 – Published 1 April, 1997

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/RevModPhys.69.629

Abstract

Spin-exchange optical pumping of mixtures of alkali-metal vapors and noble gases can be used to efficiently polarize the nuclei of the noble-gas atoms. Liters of noble gases at standard temperature and pressure and with nuclear spin polarizations of several tens of percent are now used in many applications. The authors describe the basic phenomena that govern the spin-exchange process and review the physics of angular momentum transfer and loss in optical pumping and spin-exchange collisions.

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