Indirect Phase Detection of NMR Spinor Transitions

D. Suter; A. Pines; M. Mehring

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.57.242

Indirect Phase Detection of NMR Spinor Transitions

D. Suter, A. Pines, and M. Mehring

Phys. Rev. Lett. 57, 242 – Published 14 July 1986

Abstract

The behavior of quantum mechanical state functions under selective rotations is discussed. If a two-level transition is phase shifted with composite $z$ pulses, the component state function shared with a connected transition can be multiplied by $i$ , thereby shifting the corresponding coherence into an orthogonal channel. Application to the sensitive indirect detection of NMR transitions is demonstrated.

Received 14 April 1986

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.57.242

Authors & Affiliations

D. Suter and A. Pines

Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720
Materials and Molecular Research Division, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720

M. Mehring