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Quantitative Determination of the Adiabatic Condition Using Force-Detected Nuclear Magnetic Resonance

Casey W. Miller, John T. Markert

cond-mat.mtrl-sciarXiv:cond-mat/0610003

Abstract

The adiabatic condition governing cyclic adiabatic inversion of proton spins in a micron-sized ammonium chloride crystal was studied using room temperature nuclear magnetic resonance force microscopy. A systematic degradation of signal-to-noise was observed as the adiabatic condition became violated. A theory of adiabatic following applicable to cyclic adiabatic inversion is reviewed and implemented to quantitatively determine an adiabaticity threshold (γH1)2/(ωoscΩ) = 6.0 from our experimental results.

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