Spin-exchange optical pumping as a source of spin-polarized atomic deuterium
- 13 January 1992
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters
- Vol. 68 (2), 174-177
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.68.174
Abstract
Optical pumping of potassium atoms followed by spin-exchange scattering with deuterium atoms in a high magnetic field was found to produce an intense, highly spin-polarized beam of atomic deuterium. In particular, the atomic polarization of deuterium was determined to be (73±3)% at an intensity of 2.1× atoms/s.
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