HIGH-DENSITY PRODUCTION OF SPIN-POLARIZED ATOMIC-HYDROGEN AND DEUTERIUM

Authors
POELKER M COULTER KP HOLT RJ JONES CE KOWALCZYK RS YOUNG L ZEIDMAN B TOPORKOV DK
Citation
M. Poelker et al., HIGH-DENSITY PRODUCTION OF SPIN-POLARIZED ATOMIC-HYDROGEN AND DEUTERIUM, Physical review. A, 50(3), 1994, pp. 2450-2458
Citations number
35
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
Physical review. A → ACNP
ISSN journal
10502947
Volume
50
Issue
3
Year of publication
1994
Pages
2450 - 2458
Database
ISI
SICI code
1050-2947(1994)50:3<2450:HPOSAA>2.0.ZU;2-2
Abstract
The electron polarization of hydrogen (H) and deuterium (D) atoms in a spin-exchange optical-pumping apparatus has been measured as a functi on of H (D) density and magnetic-field strength. The atomic density wa s varied between 4 x 10(13) and 2.6 x 10(14) atoms/cm3 and the magneti c-field strength from 120 to 400 mT. The results suggest that the atom s approach spin-temperature equilibrium even though the magnetic field s are large compared to the critical fields of the atoms.