Noble gas nuclear spins can store quantum information for hours but are hard to control. Creating a large coherent coupling to an alkali vapour gives a route to manipulating the collective nuclear spin of a helium-3 gas.
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Sinatra, A. Noble-gas and alkali spins exchange excitations. Nat. Phys. 18, 487–488 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41567-022-01568-1
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