Title :
Optical pumping of helium-3 at 0.6 T [for proton moment measurement]
Author :
Flowers, J.L. ; Bickley, C.J. ; Josephs-Franks, P.W. ; Petley, B.W.
Author_Institution :
Nat. Phys. Lab., Teddington, UK
Abstract :
We report on details of the successful high field optical pumping of helium-3 at 0.6 T. This is part of the progress on an ongoing experiment to measure /spl mu//sub h/(/sup 3/He)//spl mu/B. This work is aimed at overcoming the limitations of water as an NMR substance for high accuracy magnetometry.
Keywords :
constants; metastable states; nuclear magnetic moment; nuclear magnetic resonance; nuclear polarisation; nuclei with mass number 1 to 5; optical pumping; proton magnetic moment; /sup 3/He standard substance; 0.6 T; Bohr magnetons; fundamental constant; high accuracy magnetometry; high field optical pumping; metastable; nuclear magnetic moment; nuclear spin polarisation; optically pumped NMR; proton magnetic moment; Laser excitation; Laser modes; Laser tuning; Magnetic field measurement; Magnetic flux; Nuclear magnetic resonance; Optical polarization; Optical pumping; Protons; Pump lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Precision Electromagnetic Measurements Digest, 1996 Conference on
Conference_Location :
Braunschweig, Germany
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-3376-4
DOI :
10.1109/CPEM.1996.547384
