Abstract

By numerically solving the density matrix equations, we show that the laser frequency ramping method by means of position-dependent Zeeman splitting can efficiently polarize nuclear spin of atoms/ions in an accelerator beamline. This minimizes a quantum phenomenon, coherent population trapping, which limits the optical pumping efficiency in the polarized beamline for radioactive nuclear spin polarization. We consider the ${}^8\mathrm{Li}$ atomic system interacting with two circularly polarized laser beams in the presence of time-dependent magnetic field. From numerical results, we find that optimum frequency ramping allows efficient optical pumping for a short interaction time, e.g., 2 μs.

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