title: On the application of magic echo cycles for quadrupolar echo spectroscopy of spin-1 nuclei.
abstract: Magic echo cycles are introduced for performing quadrupolar echo spectroscopy of spin-1 nuclei. An analysis is performed via average Hamiltonian theory showing that the evolution under chemical shift or static field inhomogeneity can be refocused simultaneously with the quadrupolar interaction using these cycles. Due to the higher convergence in the Magnus expansion, with sufficient RF power, magic echo based quadrupolar echo spectroscopy outperforms the conventional two pulse quadrupolar echo in signal to noise. Experiments highlighting a signal to noise enhancement over the entire bandwidth of the quadrupolar pattern of a powdered sample of deuterated polyethelene are shown.
authors.affiliation: York College, The City University of New York, Department of Natural Sciences, Physics, 94-20 Guy R. Brewer Boulevard, Jamaica, NY 11451, USA.
authors.forename: E S
authors.initials: ES
authors.lastname: Mananga
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Roopchand
authors.forename: Y S
authors.initials: YS
authors.lastname: Rumala
authors.forename: G S
authors.initials: GS
authors.lastname: Boutis
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D003198:Computer Simulation; D003903:Deuterium / Q000737:chemistry*; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy / Q000379:methods*; D008956:Models, Chemical; D008958:Models, Molecular; D020959:Polyethylene / Q000737:chemistry*; D013113:Spin Labels
chemical_list: D013113:Spin Labels; D020959:Polyethylene; D003903:Deuterium