Transfer of spin angular momentum from Cs vapor to nearby Cs salts through laser-induced spin currents

Journal Article · Wed Jun 15 00:00:00 EDT 2011 · Physical Review. A

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PHYSREVA.83.063410· OSTI ID:21550133

Ishikawa, K; Patton, B; Olsen, B A; Jau, Y -Y; Happer, W ^[1]

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1. Graduate School of Material Science, University of Hyogo, Ako-gun, Hyogo 678-1297 (Japan)

Optical pumping of alkali-metal atoms in vapor cells causes spin currents to flow to the cell walls where excess angular momentum accumulates in the wall nuclei. Experiments reported here indicate that the substantial enhancement of the nuclear-spin polarization of salts at the cell walls is primarily due to the nuclear-spin current, with a lesser contribution from the electron-spin current of the vapor.

• OSTI ID: 21550133
• Journal Information: Physical Review. A, Vol. 83, Issue 6; Other Information: DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.83.063410; (c) 2011 American Institute of Physics; ISSN 1050-2947
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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74 ATOMIC AND MOLECULAR PHYSICS
75 CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS
SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND SUPERFLUIDITY
ANGULAR MOMENTUM
ATOMS
CELL WALL
CESIUM
ELECTRONS
LASERS
NUCLEI
OPTICAL PUMPING
SPIN
SPIN ORIENTATION
VAPORS
ALKALI METALS
CELL CONSTITUENTS
ELEMENTARY PARTICLES
ELEMENTS
FERMIONS
FLUIDS
GASES
LEPTONS
METALS
ORIENTATION
PARTICLE PROPERTIES
PUMPING