Abstract

An experiment on the observation of spin polarization of metastable helium atoms interacting with optically oriented sodium atoms under continuous rf discharge conditions is described. Laser radiation with alternating-sign circular polarization, tuned to the resonance excitation of the 32S1/2–32P1/2 transition in Na atoms, is used as the source for optical pumping of ground-state sodium atoms.

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