@article {11BeLevy2009,
	title = {Polarisation of a spin{\textendash}NMR probe 11Be using collinear laser optical pumping},
	journal = {Physica B: Condensed Matter},
	volume = {404},
	number = {5{\textendash}7},
	year = {2009},
	note = {Proceedings of the Eleventh International Conference on Muon Spin Rotation, Relaxation and Resonance},
	pages = {1010 - 1012},
	abstract = {Spin 1 2 probes have special importance in the field of NMR, since they have no electric quadrupole moment and are thus pure magnetic sensors. The absence of quadrupolar splittings greatly simplifies the \{NMR\} frequency spectrum. That the muon is spin 1 2 is one of the reasons it has become so useful as a magnetic probe. Until now there has been no spin 1 2 probe suitable for beta-detected NMR. Such a probe would be particularly useful in complex materials, which are in general non-cubic. In this paper we describe the development of a low energy beam of spin-polarised 11Be, which is the lightest spin 1 2 isotope suitable for β -NMR. The intensity of the 11 Be + beam{\textemdash}generated by a laser ionisation source{\textemdash}is about 10 6 / s . The 11Be nuclei are polarised by collinear laser optical pumping with an externally frequency doubled dye laser tuned to the 2 S 1 / 2 {\textendash}2 P 1 / 2 transition of 11 Be + at 313\&$\#$xa0;nm.},
	keywords = {Magnetic probe},
	issn = {0921-4526},
	doi = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.physb.2008.11.205},
	url = {http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0921452608007333},
	author = {C.D.P. Levy and M.R. Pearson and G.D. Morris and J. Lassen and K.H. Chow and M.D. Hossain and R.F. Kiefl and R. Labb{\'e} and W.A. MacFarlane and T.J. Parolin and L. Root and H. Saadaoui and M. Smadella and D. Wang}
}
