Optical pumping of a He(23S) metastable atom beam using a diode laser

1 January 1995

journal article
letter
Published by AIP Publishing in Review of Scientific Instruments

Vol. 66 (1) , 265-266
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1145270

Abstract

Use of a commercial 1.083 μm laser diode to optically pump a collimated He (2³S) metastable atom beam is described. Stable, efficient optical pumping is achieved resulting in polarizations that approach 100%.

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