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AIP conference proceedings

A laser-driven source of spin polarized atomic hydrogen and deuterium

Matt Poelker, K. P. Coulter, Roy J. Holt, Catherine Jones, Robert Kowalczyk, L. Young, Dmitri K. Toporkov

Published Jan 1, 1993• 1 citation
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Abstract

Recent results from a laser‐driven source of polarized hydrogen (H) and deuterium (D) are presented. The performance of the source is described as a function of atomic flow rate and magnetic field. The data suggest that because atomic densities in the source are high, the system can approach spin‐temperature equilibrium although applied magnetic fields are much larger than the critical field of the atoms. We also observe the potassium contamination in the source emittance can be reduced to a negligible amount using a teflon‐lined transport tube.

DOI
10.1063/1.45167

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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\ifmmode\pm\else\textpm\fi{}3)% at an intensity of 2.1\ifmmode\times\else\texttimes\fi{}1017{10}^{17}1017 atoms/s.
Polarized atomic beam sources have been in operation for many years to produce either nuclear polarized atomic hydrogen or deuterium beams. In recent experiments, such a source was used to polarize both isotopes independently at the same time. By recombination of the atoms, hydrogen-deuterium molecules with all possible nuclear spin combinations can be created. Those spin isomers are useful for further applications, like precision spectroscopy, as polarized targets for laser-particle acceleration, polarized fuel for fusion reactors, or as an option for future measurements of electric dipole moments.
The magnetic equation of state of spin-polarized atomic hydrogen is reported, relating density to magnetic field ($B\ensuremath{\lesssim}10.5$ T), temperature ($T\ensuremath{\gtrsim}300$ mK), and atomic flux used to fill the sample cell. Densities greater than 1016{10}^{16}1016 atoms/cm3{\mathrm{cm}}^{3}cm3, more than two orders of magnitude greater than initial observations, have been achieved. Results are also presented on the buildup and decay of the density as a function of external conditions. Preliminary observations on the Fermi fluid, atomic deuterium, are reported.