@article {450, title = {Berry dephasing due to diffusion in nuclear quadrupole resonance}, journal = {Chemical Physics Letters}, volume = {247}, year = {1995}, note = {Chem Phys LettTl671Times Cited:4Cited References Count:19}, month = {Dec 22}, pages = {215-220}, abstract = {

Berry\&$\#$39;s phase can give rise to coherence dephasing in optically detected nuclear quadrupole resonance of gaseous Xe-131. Diffusion of xenon atoms around a toroidal container should cause incoherent acquisition of Berry\&$\#$39;s phase, with consequent loss of phase coherence between atoms. This leads to signal loss which is equivalent to spin relaxation. The rate of dephasing is calculated by two different methods: first, using an exact treatment of diffusion, and secondly, using average propagators. Berry dephasing is predicted to be an important relaxation mechanism in this system.

}, keywords = {nmr}, isbn = {0009-2614}, doi = {Doi 10.1016/0009-2614(95)01218-8}, url = {://WOS:A1995TL67100004}, author = {Jones, J. A. and Pines, A.} }