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Published on: February 4, 2017
Chirp pulse sequences for broadband π rotation
Sambeda Sarkar1, Rudra N Purusottam2, Ashutosh Kumar2
1Department of Systems and Control Engineering, IIT Bombay, Powai-400076, India.
Abstract:
In this paper, we present various chirp pulse sequences for implementing a broadband π rotation, which can serve as an ideal refocusing pulse element in a spin echo pulse sequence. These sequences are composed of three pulse elements each of which do adiabatic passage at rate a or 2a in either backward or forward direction. Various possible combinations are considered and different variants are presented. They all implement a broadband π rotation. We present the theory of such composite chirp sequences along with simulations and experiments.
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