title: NMR strong off-resonance irradiation without sample overheating.
abstract: A prototype NMR probe for long RF pulse has been constructed. Its main elements are two coils mounted in the concentric position. The first bigger coil is wound around a glass dewar tube and the second smaller coil is placed inside the dewar. These two coils are thermally isolated by the dewar. A long and strong RF pulse is applied to the bigger coil. The smaller detection coil inside the dewar contains a sample and to this coil a short RF pulse is applied. The two coils are independently tuned and electrically isolated. During the operation of the strong RF pulse the smaller coil has a high resistance to ground (very low Q factor) and does not absorb energy from the bigger coil. During the operation of the short on-resonance RF pulse the bigger coil is detuned to a higher frequency, but the resonance circuit with the small coil is in the electrical resonance. The NMR probe may be used in off-resonance experiments in which long and strong RF pulses are applied to the bigger coil and thereby the problem of the sample overheating is avoided.
authors.affiliation: High Pressure Physics Division, Institute of Physics, Adam Mickiewicz University, Umultowska 85, St., 61-614 Poznań, Poland.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Jurga
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Fojud
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Woźniak-Braszak