Optical Pumping in Xenon Atoms

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2020-09

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H. P. Lamsal, J. D. Franson, and T. B. Pittman, "Optical Pumping in Xenon Atoms," in Frontiers in Optics / Laser Science, B. Lee, C. Mazzali, K. Corwin, and R. Jason Jones, eds., OSA Technical Digest (Optical Society of America, 2020), paper FTu8C.7, https://www.osapublishing.org/abstract.cfm?uri=FiO-2020-FTu8C.7

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We experimentally invistigate the optimal production of metastable xenon using RF discharge techniques combined with optical pumping from an auxiliary state in xenon. This provides a robust platform for producing large long-term metastable densities.