Sol-gel coated glass cells for spin-exchange polarized 3He

Ming F. Hsu; G. D. Cates; I. Kominis; Ilhan A. Aksay; D. M. Dabbs

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Sol-gel coated glass cells for spin-exchange polarized ³He

Ming F. Hsu, G. D. Cates, I. Kominis, Ilhan A. Aksay, D. M. Dabbs

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We have developed a high-purity sol-gel coating for the interior surface of glass cells used for polarizing ³He by spin-exchange optical pumping. The coating is designed to minimize spin relaxation due to wall collisions. A longitudinal spin-relaxation time T₁ in a sol-gel coated Pyrex cell of 344 ± 8 h was achieved, the longest T₁ we have ever recorded for a gaseous sample. Repeated trials indicated that the coating was quite robust. Results using an uncoated Pyrex cell were also quite good, although inferior to the performance of the coated cell.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	2069-2071
Number of pages	3
Journal	Applied Physics Letters
Volume	77
Issue number	13
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1312855
State	Published - Sep 25 2000

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