Intense polarized 3He source for use in fusion reactors
- 15 March 1983
- journal article
- research article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Applied Physics Letters
- Vol. 42 (6), 544-545
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.93999
Abstract
A method is described to produce intense beams of nuclear polarized 3He atoms for injection into a fusion reactor. The polarized beam is produced by charge exchange of He+ in sodium vapor followed by selective optical pumping with circularly polarized laser radiation at 1.08 μ.Keywords
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