Abstract
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) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 2069-2071 |
| Number of pages | 3 |
| Journal | Applied Physics Letters |
| Volume | 77 |
| Issue number | 13 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Sep 25 2000 |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous)