Hg spin anti-relaxation coatings
Abstract
We report on a comparison of spin relaxation rates in a 199Hg magnetometer using different wall coatings. A compact mercury magnetometer was built for this purpose. Glass cells coated with fluorinated materials show longer spin coherence times than if coated with their hydrogenated homologues. The longest spin relaxation time of the mercury vapor was measured with a fluorinated paraffin wall coating.
- Publication:
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Applied Physics B: Lasers and Optics
- Pub Date:
- May 2014
- DOI:
- 10.1007/s00340-013-5598-8
- arXiv:
- arXiv:1305.1725
- Bibcode:
- 2014ApPhB.115..257C
- Keywords:
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- Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors;
- Nuclear Experiment;
- Physics - Atomic Physics
- E-Print:
- 9 pages, 6 figures, submitted to JINST