Nmr of Optically Pumped Xenon Thin-Films

NMR of Xe-129 has been observed in thin films of xenon frozen onto the surfaces of glass sample cells with various geometries. The Xe-129 polarization was enhanced by optical pumping, and the xenon was then transferred to a high-field pulsed NMR spectrometer allowing the observation of strong signals from xenon films of approximately 1-mu-m thickness. The line shape depends on the film geometry because of the bulk diamagnetic susceptibility chi(D) of solid xenon. The spectral line shape and resonance frequency also depend on temperature.