Published July 30, 1985 | Version v1
Journal article

Nuclear polarization in 3He by laser optical pumping

  • 1. Laboratoire de Spectroscopie Hertzienne de l'E.N.S. 24 rue Lhomond, F-75005 Paris (France)

Description

Significant nuclear polarization can be obtained in gaseous 3He by optical pumping, using a method developed 20 years ago by Colegrove, Schearer and Walters (indirect optical pumping through metastability exchange collisions). The method can be applied to the realization of polarized targets for nuclear physics or neutron spin state filters. Moreover, polarized disharges in gaseous helium can be used as sources of polarized beams of atomic or molecular ions or electrons

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Journal Title
AIP Conf. Proc.
Journal Volume
131
Journal Issue
1
Series
AIP Conf. Proc.
Journal Page Range
47-72
ISSN
0094-243X
CODEN
APCPC