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A modified electron beam induced deposition method using a parallel beam of electrons is developed. The method relies on the build-up of surface potential on an insulating surface exposed to an electron beam. Presence of sharp edges on the…
We compare two different experimental techniques for the magnetic-sub-level preparation of metastable $^4$He in the $2^3$S$_1$ level in a supersonic beam, namely magnetic hexapole focusing and optical pumping by laser radiation. At a beam…
The Many-Body Expansion (MBE) is a useful tool to simulate condensed phase chemical systems, often avoiding the steep computational cost of usual electronic structure methods. However, it often requires higher than 2-body terms to achieve…
We propose a new, more efficient, and potentially cost effective, solid-state nuclear spin hyperpolarization method combining the Cross Effect mechanism and electron spin optical hyperpolarization in rotating solids. We first demonstrate…
Nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) suffer from inherently low sensitivity due to the weak thermal polarization of nuclear spins. Parahydrogen-induced polarization (PHIP) offers a powerful route to enhance…
We study within the Faddeev framework the \vec{3He} (\vec{e},e' p)d as well as the \vec{3He} (\vec{e},e' p)pn and \vec{3He} (\vec{e},e' n)pp reactions in order to extract information on the proton and neutron polarization in polarized 3He.…
It has recently been shown that the polarization of a ferroelectric can be strongly affected by light pumping or even transiently reversed by mid-IR pumping within a record short subpicosecond timescale. It was then suggested that the…
A one-dimensional, dynamic, two-phase, isothermal model of proton exchange membrane fuel cell systems using a finite-difference approach has been developed. This model balances the simplicity of lumped-parameter models with the detailed…
Polarization transfer in quasi-elastic nucleon knockout is sensitive to the properties of the nucleon in the nuclear medium, including possible modification of the nucleon form factor and/or spinor. In our recently completed experiment…
We describe a helium evaporation refrigerator used to cool dynamically polarized proton and deuteron targets for electron-scattering experiments using the CEBAF Large Acceptance Spectrometer CLAS12 at Jefferson Lab. The geometry of the…
The application of a temperature gradient to an extended system generates an electromotive force that induces an electric current in conductors and a macroscopic polarization in insulators. The ratio of the electromotive force to the…
We have observed depolarization effects when high intensity cold neutron beams are incident on alkali-metal-spin-exchange polarized He-3 cells used as neutron spin filters. This was first observed as a reduction of the maximum attainable…
The impact of energetic electron precipitation (EEP) on the chemistry of the middle atmosphere (50-90 km) is still an outstanding question as accurate quantification of EEP is lacking due to instrumental challenges and insufficient pitch…
A novel concept for producing polarized positrons at Jefferson Lab using the CEBAF polarized electron photo-injector is presented. This approach relies on the polarization transfer from low energy highly polarized electrons to positrons via…
Gallium Oxide (Ga2O3) has a huge potential on the power device for its high breakdown filed and good transport properties. beta-Ga2O3 as the thermodynamics stable phase, has been demonstrated to form high electron mobility transistor (HEMT)…
Polarization transfer in quasi-elastic nucleon knockout is sensitive to the properties of the nucleon in the nuclear medium. In experiment E03-104 at Jefferson Lab we measured the proton recoil polarization in the 4He(e,e'p)3H reaction at a…
Compact and robust cold atom sources are increasingly important for quantum research, especially for transferring cutting-edge quantum science into practical applications. In this letter, we report on a novel scheme that utilizes a…
The first measurements of the induced proton polarization, P_n, for the 12C (e,e'\vec{p}) reaction are reported. The experiment was performed at quasifree kinematics for energy and momentum transfer (\omega,q) \approx (294 MeV, 756 MeV/c)…
The intensity and the giant circular polarization of edge luminescence in a longitudinal magnetic field have been measured in nitrogen alloys GaAsN under circularly polarized pumping. It has been found that these dependences are shifted…
In the quest to find a favourable triatomic molecule for detecting electric dipole moment of an electron (eEDM), we identify mercury hydroxide (HgOH) as an extremely attractive candidate from both experimental and theoretical viewpoints.…