OPTICAL-PUMPING OF HE-3 WITH A FREQUENCY ELECTROMODULATED LASER

被引:8
作者
ELBEL, M [1 ]
LARAT, C [1 ]
NACHER, PJ [1 ]
LEDUC, M [1 ]
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[1] ECOLE NORM SUPER,SPECT HERTZIENNE LAB,F-75231 PARIS 05,FRANCE
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JOURNAL DE PHYSIQUE | 1990年 / 51卷 / 01期
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Electrooptical Devices - Lasers--Modulation - Modulators - Optical Pumping--Efficiency;
D O I
10.1051/jphys:0199000510103900
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We have operated an electrooptical modulator to generate sidebands to The laser used for optical pumping of a helium-3 gas. Spreading the laser power over the Doppler absorption profile of the metastable helium atoms can enhance the efficiency of the optical pumping process. This improvement is discussed in terms of velocity changing collisions and compared to the result of a velocity selective optical pumping experiment.
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