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Study of 3He Rabi nutations by optically-pumped cesium magnetometers

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We describe a method for recording the Rabi nutation of nuclear spin polarized 3He by optically pumped cesium magnetometers. The measurement is performed by detecting the time-dependent magnetic field produced by the 3He magnetization. The observed signals are compared to theoretical models and the results are used to precisely trace the evolution of the magnetization. This procedure represents a convenient way to control and measure the Rabi flip angle and the degree of spin polarization in experiments using 3He magnetometers. The method requires only very coarse knowledge of the applied magnetic field’s magnitude.

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  1. Physics Department, University of Fribourg, 1700, Fribourg, Switzerland

    Hans-Christian Koch, Zoran Dragan Grujić, Malgorzata Kasprzak, Paul Knowles & Antoine Weis

  2. Department of Physics, Johannes Gutenberg-University, 55122, Mainz, Germany

    Hans-Christian Koch, Werner Heil & Andreas Kraft

  3. Paul Scherrer Institute, 5232, Villigen, Switzerland

    Hans-Christian Koch & Georg Bison

  4. Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt, Berlin, Germany

    Allard Schnabel & Jens Voigt

  5. Ioffe Physical Technical Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, 194021, St. Petersburg, Russia

    Anatoly Pazgalev

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Koch, HC., Bison, G., Grujić, Z.D. et al. Study of 3He Rabi nutations by optically-pumped cesium magnetometers. Eur. Phys. J. D 71, 262 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1140/epjd/e2017-80225-4

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