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Studies Of Magnetically Induced Faraday Rotation By Polarized Helium-3 Atoms, Joshua Abney

Theses and Dissertations--Physics and Astronomy

Gyromagnetic Faraday rotation offers a new method to probe limits on properties of simple spin systems such as the possible magnetic moment of asymmetric dark matter or as a polarization monitor for polarized targets. Theoretical calculations predict the expected rotations of linearly polarized light due to the magnetization of spin-1/2 particles are close to or beyond the limit of what can currently be measured experimentally (10⁻⁹ rad). So far, this effect has not been verified. Nuclear spin polarized ³He provides an ideal test system due to its simple structure and ability to achieve high nuclear spin polarization via …