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Atomic polarizations exceeding 97% have been obtained with $\\sim$25 mW of power from the diode laser. A number of experiments currently under construction may also make use of the diode laser. These include the production of a spin polarized helium ion beam by optically pumping the metastable atoms in an rf discharge, and the trapping of helium metastable atoms in a magneto-optical trap (MOT).","abstract_html":"A commercial Spectra Diode Laboratories, 1.083 <span class=\"etd-inline-math\">&mu;</span>m diode laser has been used to efficiently spin polarize an atomic beam of He(2$\\sp3$S) metastable atoms by optical pumping on the $\\rm 2\\sp3S\\sb1\\rightarrow2\\sp3P\\sb1$ (D1) transition. The diode laser is an InGaAs/GaAs strained multiquantum well with a distributed Bragg reflector to insure single longitudinal mode operation. The laser has been frequency stabilized to less than 1 MHz/hr drift. The helium metastable atom beam is produced by electron impact and the polarization is measured using a Stern-Gerlach analyzer. Atomic polarizations exceeding 97% have been obtained with $\\sim$25 mW of power from the diode laser. A number of experiments currently under construction may also make use of the diode laser. 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