Coherent dynamical recoupling of diffusion-driven decoherence in magnetic resonance
Abstract
During recent years, dynamical decoupling (DD) has gained relevance as a tool for manipulating quantum systems and extracting information from them. This is particularly relevant for spins involved in nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR), where DD sequences can be used to prolong quantum coherences, or for selectively couple/decouple the effects imposed by random environmental fluctuations. In this Letter, we show that one can exploit these concepts in order to selectively recouple diffusion processes in restricted spaces. The ensuing method provides a novel tool to measure restriction lengths in confined systems such as capillaries, pores or cells. The principles of this method for selectively recoupling diffusion-driven decoherence, its standing within the context of diffusion NMR, and corroborating experiments, are presented.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1305.2794,
title = {Coherent dynamical recoupling of diffusion-driven decoherence in magnetic resonance},
author = {Gonzalo A. Alvarez and Noam Shemesh and Lucio Frydman},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1305.2794},
year = {2014}
}
Comments
Maintext: 6 pages, 3 figures. Supplementary Information: 4 pages, 1 figure. A typo was corrected on Eq. (S.10) from the Supplementary Information