Optical orientation of a dense sodium charge-exchange target for producing polarized protons and H ions
Zelenskii A. N. , Kokhanovskii S. A. , Lobashev V. M.
The polarization of protons through the capture of electrons by optically oriented sodium atoms has been studied experimentally. A new method for measuring the polarization of sodium is proposed. A density of 2 χ 1013 atoms/cm2 has been achieved for a charge-exchange target with a 90 + 5% degree of polarization.