Optically pumped spin polarization as a probe of many-body thermalization

Authors: Daniela Pagliero, Pablo R. Zangara, Jacob Henshaw, Ashok Ajoy, Rodolfo H. Acosta, Jeffrey A. Reimer, Alexander Pines, Carlos A. Meriles

Published: 2020-05-01

DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.aaz6986

Source: Full article

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Abstract

Select nuclear spins in a solid isolated from the rest due to local fields reach equilibrium via multielectron spin interactions.