Dynamic nuclear polarization in crystals of Nd3+:LaAlO3, a polarized 139La target for a test of time-reversal invariance

Dynamic nuclear polarization (DNP) has been performed in a magnetic field of 2.35 T at a temperature below 0.3 K in crystals of Nd3+ : LaAlO3. A Q-meter NMR-system was used to measure the polarization of the 27Al and 139La nuclei and allowed to characterize the quality of the crystals. The 139La polarizations of +47.5% and −56.5% achieved represent an important step in the development of a polarized 139La target for a test of time reversal invariance in low-energy neutron reactions.