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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 20, 2001
Filed:
Feb. 15, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
William Happer, Princeton, NJ (US);
Gordon D. Cates, Jr., Skillman, NJ (US);
Mikhail V. Romalis, Seattle, WA (US);
Christopher J. Erickson, Princeton, NJ (US);
Assignee:
The Trustees of Princeton University, Princeton, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B01D 8/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B01D 8/00 ;
Abstract
Methods of hyperpolarizing a noble gas by spin-exchange optical pumping use an alkali metal hybrid comprising a primary alkali metal and an auxiliary alkali metal to effectuate spin transfer interaction among the primary alkali metal, the auxiliary alkali metal, and the noble gas.