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Dipolar and scalar $^3$He and $^{129}$Xe frequency shifts in mm-sized cells

Atomic Physics 2019-07-17 v3

Abstract

We describe a 3^{3}He-129^{129}Xe comagnetometer operating in stemless anodically bonded cells with a 6 mm3^3 volume and a 129^{129}Xe spin coherence time of 300 sec. We use a 87^{87}Rb pulse-train magnetometer with co-linear pump and probe beams to study the nuclear spin frequency shifts caused by spin polarization of 3^{3}He. By systematically varying the cell geometry in a batch cell fabrication process we can separately measure the cell shape dependent and independent frequency shifts. We find that a certain aspect ratio of the cylindrical cell can cancel the effects of 3^3He magnetization that limit the stability of vapor-cell comagnetometers. Using this control we also observe for the first time a scalar 3^{3}He-129^{129}Xe collisional frequency shift characterized by an enhancement factor κHeXe=0.011±0.001\kappa_{\text{HeXe}} = -0.011\pm0.001.

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@article{arxiv.1805.11578,
  title  = {Dipolar and scalar $^3$He and $^{129}$Xe frequency shifts in mm-sized cells},
  author = {M. E. Limes and N. Dural and M. V. Romalis and E. L. Foley and T. W. Kornack and A. Nelson and L. R. Grisham},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1805.11578},
  year   = {2019}
}

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4 pages, 4 figures