Inductively-coupled Frequency Tuning and Impedance Matching in HTS-based NMR Probes

Vijaykumar Ramaswamy1, Arthur S Edison2, William W Brey1

  • 1Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, 32301, USA.

IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity : a Publication of the IEEE Superconductivity Committee
|October 18, 2017
PubMed
Summary

High Temperature Superconducting (HTS) Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) probes can be made more reliable and sensitive. We propose using fixed superconducting inductive loops and variable capacitors for tuning and matching HTS resonators.

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