Calculations are presented on the effect of radiation trapping on the electron-spin polarization that can be produced by optical pumping of an alkali-metal vapor in a weak magnetic field. Radiation trapping severely limits the polarization that can be obtained in a weak magnetic field.
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Tupa et al. (1987) studied this question.
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