Near-Zero-Field Nuclear Magnetic Resonance

TitleNear-Zero-Field Nuclear Magnetic Resonance
Publication TypeJournal Article
Year of Publication2011
AuthorsLedbetter M.P, Theis T., Blanchard J.W, Ring H., Ganssle P., Appelt S., Blumich B., Pines A, Budker D.
JournalPhysical Review Letters
Volume107
Issue10
Date PublishedSep 1
ISBN Number0031-9007
Accession NumberWOS:000294406600017
Keywordsmri
Abstract

We investigate nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) in near zero field, where the Zeeman interaction can be treated as a perturbation to the electron mediated scalar interaction (J coupling). This is in stark contrast to the high-field case, where heteronuclear J couplings are normally treated as a small perturbation. We show that the presence of very small magnetic fields results in splitting of the zero-field NMR lines, imparting considerable additional information to the pure zero-field spectra. Experimental results are in good agreement with first-order perturbation theory and with full numerical simulation when perturbation theory breaks down. We present simple rules for understanding the splitting patterns in near-zero-field NMR, which can be applied to molecules with nontrivial spectra.

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DOI10.1103/Physrevlett.107.107601
Short TitleNear-Zero-Field Nuclear Magnetic Resonance
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