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using absorbed polarized light to drive atoms into particular spin states, creating polarization used in clocks and magnetometers.

In physics, optical pumping refers to using absorbed polarized light to drive atoms into particular spin states, creating polarization used in clocks and magnetometers. This meaning comes from Happer (1972) in Reviews of Modern Physics.[1]

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References

Happer, W. (1972). Optical Pumping. Reviews of Modern Physics, 44(2), 169-249. https://doi.org/10.1103/revmodphys.44.169

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