Dramatic improvement in the “Bulk” hyperpolarization of 131Xe via spin exchange optical pumping probed using in situ low-field NMR

Michael J. Molway; Liana Bales-Shaffer; Kaili Ranta; James Ball; Eleanor Sparling; Mia Prince; Daniel Cocking; Dustin Basler; Megan Murphy; Bryce E. Kidd; Abdulbasit Tobi Gafar; Justin Porter; Kierstyn Albin; Matthew S. Rosen; Eduard Y. Chekmenev; W. Michael Snow; Michael J. Barlow; Boyd M. Goodson

doi:10.1016/j.jmr.2023.107521

Dramatic improvement in the “Bulk” hyperpolarization of 131Xe via spin exchange optical pumping probed using in situ low-field NMR

Michael J. Molway
, Liana Bales-Shaffer
, Kaili Ranta
, James Ball
, Eleanor Sparling
, Mia Prince
, Daniel Cocking
, Dustin Basler
, Megan Murphy
, Bryce E. Kidd
, Abdulbasit Tobi Gafar
, Justin Porter
, Kierstyn Albin
, Matthew S. Rosen
, Eduard Y. Chekmenev
, W. Michael Snow
, Michael J. Barlow
, Boyd M. Goodson

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We report on hyperpolarization of quadrupolar (I=3/2) 131Xe via spin-exchange optical pumping. Observations of the 131Xe polarization dynamics via in situ low-field NMR show that the estimated alkali-metal/131Xe spin-exchange rates can be large enough to compete with 131Xe spin relaxation. 131Xe polarization up to 7.6±1.5% was achieved in ∼8.5×10²⁰ spins—a ∼100-fold improvement in the total spin angular momentum—potentially enabling various applications, including: measurement of spin-dependent neutron-131Xe s-wave scattering; sensitive searches for time-reversal violation in neutron-131Xe interactions beyond the Standard Model; and surface-sensitive pulmonary MRI.

Original language	English (US)
Article number	107521
Journal	Journal of Magnetic Resonance
Volume	354
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmr.2023.107521
State	Published - Sep 2023
Externally published	Yes

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Hyperpolarized xenon
Nuclear physics
Polarized targets
Spin relaxation
TRIV searches

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Molway, M. J., Bales-Shaffer, L., Ranta, K., Ball, J., Sparling, E., Prince, M., Cocking, D., Basler, D., Murphy, M., Kidd, B. E., Gafar, A. T., Porter, J., Albin, K., Rosen, M. S., Chekmenev, E. Y., Michael Snow, W., Barlow, M. J., & Goodson, B. M. (2023). Dramatic improvement in the “Bulk” hyperpolarization of 131Xe via spin exchange optical pumping probed using in situ low-field NMR. Journal of Magnetic Resonance, 354, Article 107521. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmr.2023.107521

Molway, MJ, Bales-Shaffer, L, Ranta, K, Ball, J, Sparling, E, Prince, M, Cocking, D, Basler, D, Murphy, M, Kidd, BE, Gafar, AT, Porter, J, Albin, K, Rosen, MS, Chekmenev, EY, Michael Snow, W, Barlow, MJ & Goodson, BM 2023, 'Dramatic improvement in the “Bulk” hyperpolarization of 131Xe via spin exchange optical pumping probed using in situ low-field NMR', Journal of Magnetic Resonance, vol. 354, 107521. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmr.2023.107521

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