Rational reduction of periodic propagators for off-period observations

TitleRational reduction of periodic propagators for off-period observations
Publication TypeJournal Article
Year of Publication2004
AuthorsBlanton W.B, Logan J.W, Pines A
JournalJournal of Magnetic Resonance
Volume166
Issue2
Pagination174-181
Date PublishedFeb
ISBN Number1090-7807
Accession NumberWOS:000188469400005
Keywordssimulation
Abstract

Many common solid-state nuclear magnetic resonance problems take advantage of the periodicity of the underlying Hamiltonian to simplify the computation of an observation. Most of the time-domain methods used, however, require the time step between observations to be some integer or reciprocal-integer multiple of the period, thereby restricting the observation bandwidth. Calculations of off-period observations are usually reduced to brute force direct methods resulting in many demanding matrix multiplications. For large spin systems, the matrix multiplication becomes the limiting step. A simple method that can dramatically reduce the number of matrix multiplications required to calculate the time evolution when the observation time step is some rational fraction of the period of the Hamiltonian is presented. The algorithm implements two different optimization routines. One uses pattern matching and additional memory storage, while the other recursively generates the propagators via time shifting. The net result is a significant speed improvement for some types of time-domain calculations. (C) 2003 Published by Elsevier Inc.

URL<Go to ISI>://WOS:000188469400005
DOI10.1016/J.Jmr.2003.10.002
Short TitleRational reduction of periodic propagators for off-period observations
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