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Magnetic field sensor using acoustically driven ferromagnetic resonance

ActiveUS12531049B2Mechanical vibrations separationMagnetostrictive property measurementsHemt circuitsAcoustic wave
An acoustically driven ferromagnetic resonance (ADFMR) device has a piezoelectric element comprised of piezoelectric material, first and second electrodes arranged in a vertical stack with the piezoelectric element to activate the piezoelectric element to generate an acoustic wave, a radio frequency voltage source electrically connected to the first electrode, a magnet comprised of a magnetostrictive material to receive the acoustic wave, the magnet being in the vertical stack with the first and second electrodes and the piezoelectric element, wherein the acoustic wave resonates at a ferromagnetic resonance of the magnetostrictive material, and a readout circuit to detect a change in the acoustic wave by detecting g one of an output voltage amplitude, a change in impedance or a reflection of the acoustic wave in the magnet to measure an unknown magnetic field in which the ADFMR device resides and as experienced at the magnetostrictive element.
Owner:RGT UNIV OF CALIFORNIA

Sensor element and device for checking the authenticity of a data carrier having a spin resonance feature

A sensor element for checking the authenticity of a planar data carrier, in particular a banknote, has a spin resonance feature. The sensor element contains a magnetic core having an air gap, into which the planar data carrier can be inserted for authentication and which defines an axial direction extending between the adjoining surfaces of the magnetic core, a polarization device for generating a static magnetic flux in the air gap, a modulation device for generating a time-varying magnetic modulation field in the air gap, and a resonator for exciting the spin resonance feature of the data carrier to be checked. The modulation device is formed by at least one planar coil arranged in the air gap, which planar coil has one or more turns about the axial direction of the air gap in one plane. The disclosure also relates to a checking device having such a sensor element.
Owner:GIESECKE & DEVRIENT CURRENCY TECHNOLOGY GMBH

Sensor element, test device, and method for testing a data carrier having a spin resonance feature

A sensor element is for testing a planar data carrier with a spin resonance feature. The sensor element includes a magnetic core having an air gap into which the planar data carrier can be inserted for testing purposes, a polarization device for generating a static magnetic flux in the air gap, and a resonator device for exciting the spin resonance feature of the data carrier to be tested in the air gap. The resonator device has at least two stripline resonators positioned at different positions in the air gap. The polarization device generates an in-homogeneous magnetic flux in the air gap so that the static magnetic flux has a first field strength at the position of a first stripline resonator and a second, different field strength at the position of a second stripline resonator.
Owner:GIESECKE & DEVRIENT CURRENCY TECHNOLOGY GMBH

Diamond magneto-optical sensor and diamond magneto-optical sensor system

A diamond magneto-optical sensor includes: a diamond that includes a color center with an electronic spin and is irradiated with excitation light, and an irradiation unit that irradiates the diamond with the excitation light of the color center and electromagnetic waves for magnetic resonance, wherein the irradiation unit receives modulated light having been subjected to amplitude modulation, and a modulation frequency of the modulated light is included in a microwave frequency band.
Owner:SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES LTD

Research method for mechanism of extracting elemental gold in hydrothermal fluid from crude oil

The invention belongs to the technical field of petroleum and natural gas mineral geochemical experiment research, and discloses a research method for a mechanism of extracting elemental gold in hydrothermal fluid from crude oil. In-situ visualization experiments are carried out in a transparent fused quartz capillary tube, and analysis is carried out in combination with a scanning electron microscope, an energy dispersion X-ray spectrum and a transmission electron microscope, so that continuous evolution of water droplets near an interface of oil and a solution containing HAuCl4 at a high temperature is successfully proved. According to the method disclosed by the invention, hydration electrons released in a conversion process from OH <-> to OH < * > in the water droplets are extracted, the hydration electrons and H2O2 formed in the droplets have a synergistic effect, Au3 < + > is promoted to be reduced to form natural gold atoms, the atoms are gathered into nano-scale and micron-scale gold particles in a droplet coalescence process, and a clear and reasonable mechanism is provided for formation of elemental gold in crude oil extraction hydrothermal fluid.
Owner:CHINA UNIV OF PETROLEUM (EAST CHINA)

Quasi-optical resonant cavity and terahertz pulse compression system

The invention belongs to the technical field of terahertz, relates to terahertz communication, and particularly discloses a quasi-optical resonant cavity and a terahertz pulse compression system. According to the invention, the pulse generation module and the coupling compensation module are connected in parallel and are connected to the common reflector through the common coupler, so that function decoupling is realized. In a pulse compression stage, the common coupler introduces an incident terahertz wave beam into two optical paths, and destructive interference occurs between two paths of leakage signals by adjusting the coupling compensation module, so that zero coupling loss is realized, and the problem of large energy loss is solved. Meanwhile, the pulse generation module can independently adjust the optical path of the pulse generation module to control the pulse width, and the adjustment process does not affect the optimized interference condition, so that the high robustness of adjustment is ensured. In the output stage, energy is released by switching the state of the common coupler. Compared with the prior art, low-loss accumulation and robust pulse width continuous adjustment are realized at the same time, so that the terahertz pulse compression effect is remarkably improved.
Owner:HUAZHONG UNIV OF SCI & TECH

Diamond magneto-optical sensor

A diamond magneto-optical sensor (100) includes: a diamond (102) including a color center with an electronic spin, a transmission circuit (106) that transmits electromagnetic waves, and an irradiation unit that irradiates the diamond (102) with electromagnetic waves transmitted by the transmission circuit (106), wherein the transmission circuit (106) includes an impedance converter (108) that reduces or increases, with respect to the irradiation unit, the impedance of an electromagnetic source (110) for outputting electromagnetic waves.
Owner:SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES LTD

Inductive arrays, oscillator assemblies, devices, and methods for generating and / or detecting magnetization in a sample

An inductive assembly is provided that can be used to achieve a large effective volume for excitation and detection and high concentration sensitivity, preferably with low power consumption. [Solution] The present invention relates to an inductive array particularly for use in an oscillator arrangement for generating and / or detecting magnetization of a sample, having a plurality of inductive segments, each of which has an inductive element and a connection circuit electrically connected to the inductive element for electrically connecting to adjacent inductive segments.
Owner:UNIVERSITAT STUTTGART

Nuclear magnetic resonance sensing device and nuclear magnetic resonance sensing method

To perform nuclear magnetic resonance sensing for accurately detecting a low-level NMR signal and having high resolution.SOLUTION: A nuclear magnetic resonance sensing unit 1 applies a high frequency magnetic field based on an RF signal to an object and generates an observation signal of a frequency obtained by shifting from RF signal frequency by NMR signal frequency. A mixer unit 6 generates an IF demodulation signal including the NMR signal. A lowpass filter 7 transmits low-frequency band components of the IF demodulation signal. A digitizing device 21 causes: a physical field generator to generate magnetic field and the like corresponding to the IF demodulation signal transmitting through the lowpass filter 7; an optical quantum sensor unit to generate light corresponding to the magnetic field and the like using a sensing member; a photoelectric element to convert the light into a sensor signal; and an analog / digital converter to digitize the sensor signal. The optical quantum sensor unit performs quantum operation to the above-mentioned sensing member to cause the sensing member to generate light corresponding to the above-mentioned magnetic field and the like.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1
Owner:SUMIDA CORP +1

Piperidine, pyrrolidine and isoindole precursors for probes for oxidative stress

PendingCN121399097AOrganic chemistryDispersion deliveryArylIsoindoles
The invention relates to a compound of formula (I) wherein n = 1 or 2, A and A'are independently selected from the group consisting of the following substituents (II-a) and (II-b), R and R 'are independently selected from H and a linear or branched C1-C3 alkyl group, Z is selected from a linear or branched C1-C4 alkyl group and an aryl group optionally substituted by a linear or branched C1-C3 alkyl group and / or by a hydroxyl group, and the structural unit of formula (N) is selected from the following structural units (III-a), (III-b), (III-c), (III-d) and (III-e) wherein for each structural unit (III-a), (III-b), (III-c), (III-d) and (III-e), Ra, Rb, Rc and Rd are independently selected from a linear or branched C1-C4 alkyl group. .
Owner:CENT NAT DE LA RECH SCI (C N R S) +3

Sample introduction device for electron paramagnetic resonance spectrum in-situ test

The invention relates to the field of electron paramagnetic resonance spectrum testing equipment, in particular to a sampling device for in-situ testing of an electron paramagnetic resonance spectrum. A sample introduction device for electron paramagnetic resonance spectrum in-situ testing comprises a micro-fluidic chip, a clamping assembly, a sample introduction pipe A, a sample introduction pipe B and a split type injection pump, and a sample introduction port A, a sample introduction port B and a sample outlet are formed in the micro-fluidic chip; one end of the sample injection pipe A is communicated with the sample injection port A, and the other end of the sample injection pipe A is communicated with the split type injection pump; one end of the sample injection pipe B is communicated with the sample injection port B, and the other end of the sample injection pipe B is communicated with the split type injection pump; a sample outlet of the micro-fluidic chip is communicated with a quartz test tube. Rapid switching of reactant concentration or solvent proportion can be achieved by controlling the flow speed of the A / B tube, a tedious sample preparation process is not needed, and the suitability and flux of electron paramagnetic resonance spectrum in-situ testing can be greatly improved.
Owner:UNIV OF SCI & TECH OF CHINA

Pump-detection resonance spectrum based on electron beam

A method for time-resolved pump-probe resonance spectroscopy, comprising the steps of:-exposing a sample (4) to a radio frequency pump pulse (20), where the radio frequency pump pulse (20) drives a resonance, where the resonance is electron spin resonance and / or nuclear magnetic resonance, where the sample (4) is located within a magnetic bias field (22); -detecting the sample (4) with an electron detection beam (7) from the electron source (6); detecting a detection beam characteristic of the electron detection beam (7) by means of a detector unit (8), the detection beam characteristic being dependent on a magnetic moment (25) of the sample (4), the magnetic moment (25) being dependent on the driven resonance, the detector unit (8) being configured to detect the detection beam characteristic of the electron detection beam (7) at a temporal resolution for time-resolved detection of the driven resonance; and determining a property of the resonance, in particular a state of the resonance, preferably a change in the state of the resonance, on the basis of the detected probe beam property.
Owner:VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY

Method and apparatus for characterising the nuclear spin environment around a paramagnetic centre

Disclosed is a method for characterising a sample (E), said method comprising magnetically coupling the sample to a microwave resonator (RHS) such that the coupling dominates the relaxation dynamics of an electron spin (SEL) of a paramagnetic centre of the sample, and determining, by nuclear-magnetic-resonance spectroscopy, coefficients Cij of coupling between a nuclear spin of the sample, called the probe nuclear spin (SNi), and other nuclear spins (SNj, SNk) of the sample, said method employing indirect detection of a state of said probe nuclear spin (SNi), through counting of microwave photons, of respective noise signals (SBS) produced by the return to equilibrium of said electron spin (SEL). An apparatus for implementing such a method is also disclosed.
Owner:COMMISSARIAT A LENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES +1

Quantum sensor device

The invention refers to a quantum sensor device for measuring a magnetic field using fluorescence dependence on the magnetic field, the quantum sensor device (18) comprising a substrate made of single-crystal diamond, and nitrogen atoms in the substrate, the nitrogen atoms being partially present in the form of negatively charged nitrogen-vacancy (NV-) centres, wherein a ratio of the concentration of NV- centres to the concentration of the nitrogen atoms in the substrate is at most 14%.
Owner:QUANTUMDIAMONDS GMBH

Method for detecting in-situ free radicals in hydroxylamine nitrate catalytic decomposition process

The invention relates to a method for detecting in-situ free radicals in a hydroxylamine nitrate catalytic decomposition process, which comprises the following steps: 1, catalytic decomposition: catalyzing a hydroxylamine nitrate solution to decompose by using a metal supported catalyst to obtain a decomposition solution; step 2, OH <-> detection: adding an OH <-> free radical scavenger solution into the decomposition liquid obtained in the step 1 to obtain a stable OH <-> free radical adduct, namely a DMPO-OH <-> free radical adduct; step 3, NO. Detection: adding a NO. Free radical scavenger solution into the decomposition liquid obtained in the step 1 to obtain a stable NO. Free radical adduct, namely an (MGD) 2-Fe < 2 + >-NO. Free radical adduct; 4, EPR detection, wherein OH. Free radical adducts and NO. Free radical adducts obtained in the step 2 and the step 3 are detected through an electron paramagnetic resonance instrument. The detection method has the characteristics of proper magnetic field penetration depth, no background interference, continuous and repeated detection and the like.
Owner:DALIAN INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES

Magnetic field measurement apparatus and magnetic field measurement method

A high-frequency magnetic field generator 2 applies microwave to a magnetic resonance member 1. A magnet 3 applies a static magnetic field to the magnetic resonance member 1. An irradiating device 12 irradiates the magnetic resonance member 1 with incident light of a specific wavelength. An FT 4 senses a measurement target magnetic field using a primary coil 4a and applies an application magnetic field corresponding to the sensed measurement target magnetic field to the magnetic resonance member 1 using a secondary coil 4b. A pillar-shaped light guide member 41 guides the incident light to the magnetic resonance member 1, and a pillar-shaped light guide member 42 guides fluorescence that the magnetic resonance member 1 emits from the magnetic resonance member 1. Further, the magnetic resonance member 1 is arranged between an end surface of the light guide member 41 and an end surface of the light guide member 42 in a hollow part of the secondary coil 4b of the FT 4 and in a hollow part of the aforementioned magnet 3.
Owner:SUMIDA CORP +1

Measurement device and measurement method

A light receiving device 13 receives fluorescence emitted by a magnetic resonance member 1 in response to an excitation light and generates a fluorescence sensor signal corresponding to a fluorescence intensity. An arithmetic processing device 31 derives a measurement value based on the fluorescence sensor signal or a detection signal that is obtained from the fluorescence sensor signal. A measurement value, which is measured when the measured field is applied to the magnetic resonance member 1, is defined as a main measurement value. A measurement value, which is measured when the measured field is not applied to the magnetic resonance member 1 and before the main measurement value is measured, is defined as a preceding measurement value. A measurement value, which is measured when the measured field is not applied to the magnetic resonance member and after the main measurement value is measured, is defined as a succeeding measurement value. The arithmetic processing device 31 respectively subtracts the preceding measurement value and the succeeding measurement value from the main measurement value at a predetermined ratio to derive the measurement value of the measured field.
Owner:SUMIDA CORP +1

Production line NMR measurement using external reference sample

The present disclosure provides a method for production line nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) measurement of a fluid containing one or more evaluated materials. The method includes positioning a reference sample with a known reference material and a sample of the fluid within a sensing region of an NMR measurement unit coil and a magnetic field of a permanent magnet. An NMR measurement is performed by feeding at least one radio frequency coil with a signal having a spectrum including characteristic frequencies of the evaluated materials and the reference material, generating detection signals. The detection signals are processed to provide an NMR spectrum with a reference peak and additional peaks. The signal is adjusted based on changes over time of the reference peak frequency, and a band pass frequency range of a receiving unit is adjusted based on the reference peak frequency.
Owner:4IR SOLUTIONS LTD

High-frequency magnetic field generating device

A high-frequency magnetic field generating device includes a plate coil and a high-frequency power supply that generates microwave current that flows in the plate coil, wherein one edge line part in a top end side and one edge line part in a bottom end side among four edge line parts of the plate coil act as two coils arranged with a predetermined gap in parallel with each other, wherein between the two coils an electron spin resonance material is arranged or the coils are arranged at one side from an electron spin resonance material. The high-frequency magnetic field generating device further includes a circuit board, wherein the two coils are arranged on one surface of the circuit board so as to be substantially perpendicular to the one surface.
Owner:SUMIDA CORP

System and method for the non-destructive testing of the aging of a battery in operation

The present invention relates to an in-operando and non-destructive testing system (10) for testing the aging of at least one electrochemical element of a battery, the in-operando and non-destructive testing system (10) comprising: - a cavity (30); - a source (24) configured to emit L-band electromagnetic waves toward the cavity (30), the cavity (30) comprising a cylindrical resonator (38) with a circular base and having at least one longitudinal cut-out (46, 48); - a detector (28) capable of detecting the waves originating from the cavity (30); and - a processor (34) capable of analyzing the waves detected by the detector (28) in order to obtain at least one item of information relating to the aging of the at least one electrochemical element.
Owner:TOTALENERGIES ONETECH +3

Diamond Magnetooptic Sensor

A diamond magneto-optical sensor (100) according to the present invention includes: a diamond (102) having a color center that has an electron spin; a transmission circuit (106) that transmits electromagnetic waves; and an irradiation part that irradiates the diamond (102) with electromagnetic waves transmitted by the transmission circuit (106). The transmission circuit (106) includes an impedance converter (108) for decreasing or increasing, when viewed from the irradiation part, impedance of an electromagnetic wave source (110) that outputs electromagnetic waves. The irradiation part includes a resonator (104).
Owner:SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES LTD +1

Devices and methods for imaging and spectroscopically analysing a sample that interacts with microwave radiation

A device (10a) for imaging a sample (12) including a material that interacts with microwave radiation is provided The device (10a) comprises a sample holder (16) for supporting the sample (12) in a sample area, a quantum sensor device (18) configured to be arranged adjacent to the sample area, the quantum sensor device (18) including colour sensors, an excitation light source (30) configured to generate excitation light for energetically exciting the colour sensors, an optical sensor (32) including a plurality of pixels and configured to generate electronic signals indicative of an intensity of the light emitted by the colour sensors, imaging optics (28) for projecting the sensor area onto the optical sensor (32), a microwave source (20) having a microwave antenna for emitting microwave radiation, the microwave source (20) being configured to generate microwave radiation that is characterized by a plurality of parameters, and a controller (24). The sample holder (16) supports the sample (12) such that the sensor area is in the near-field of the microwave radiation interacting with the sample (12), wherein the controller (24) is configured to vary at least one parameter of the microwave radiation at least between a first value and a second value, record – for each pixel – the electronic signals received from the optical sensor (32) for the microwave radiations generated using the first value and the second value, determine – for each pixel – changes in the electronic signals between the microwave radiations generated using the first value and the second value, and generate an image based on the changes for each pixel, the changes for each pixel indicating variations in the interaction of the microwave radiation with the sample (12).
Owner:QUANTUMDIAMONDS GMBH

Application of metal fullerene-organic framework composite spinning functional material in oxygen detection

The invention relates to application of a metal fullerene-organic framework composite spinning functional material in oxygen detection, and belongs to the technical field of metal fullerene composite materials. The metal fullerene-organic framework composite spinning functional material has sensitive response characteristics to oxygen molecules, and realizes real-time in-situ monitoring of oxygen gas adsorption, diffusion and concentration change processes by combining an electron paramagnetic resonance technology, so that a new method is added for an oxygen analysis technology, and oxygen analysis requirements under different working conditions are met.
Owner:BEIJING INST OF TECH

Sensor element, test device and method for testing data carriers having a spin resonance feature

The invention relates to a sensor element (30) for testing a flat data carrier (10), in particular a banknote, that has a spin resonance feature (12). The sensor element contains a magnetic core (34) having an air gap, into which the flat data carrier (10) can be inserted for testing, an element for generating a static magnetic flux in the air gap, and a resonator (32) for exciting the spin resonance feature of the data carrier to be tested. According to the invention, it is provided that the resonator is formed by a stripline resonator (40) which is arranged in the air gap of the magnetic core and comprises a flat carrier (42) having an upper side (44-O) and a conducting structure (46) which is arranged on the upper side (44-O) of the carrier with a characteristic length l.
Owner:GIESECKE & DEVRIENT CURRENCY TECHNOLOGY GMBH

Magnetic property measurement method and magnetic property measurement device for soft magnetic material

PendingUS20260118297A1Magnetic property measurementsAnalysis using optical pumpingLaser lightResonance spectrum
A magnetic property measurement device for a soft magnetic material includes a measurement sample magnetic field application mechanism, a diamond NVC sensor, a laser light irradiation mechanism, a microwave irradiation mechanism, an optically detected magnetic resonance spectrum measurement mechanism, and a control and data analysis mechanism, the control and data analysis mechanism is configured to execute a measurement condition input step, a magnetic property measurement step, and a data analysis step, the measurement condition includes a range of an external magnetic field H0, a magnetic permeability μsmp of a measurement sample, and a predetermined frequency sweep width Δω in a microwave, and the predetermined frequency range of the microwave in the magnetic property measurement step is a region of “ωd±Δω” based on a microwave frequency ωd of the dip obtained from a relational expression of “ωd=2.87±28×μsmp×H0”.
Owner:HITACHI LTD

Method for generating and / or detecting magnetization, magnetometer and spectrometer

This invention provides a spectroscopic apparatus capable of achieving particularly high measurement accuracy using pulse excitation signals generated by a voltage-controlled oscillator. [Solution] The present invention provides a method for supplying a second magnetic field to a sample position by exciting an induction assembly with an excitation signal, wherein the excitation signal is periodically switched between an excitation period in which the operating frequency has a sample-specific resonant frequency and an idle period in which the operating frequency has an idle frequency different from the resonant frequency, and the operating phase of the excitation signal is matched to the excitation reference phase of an excitation reference signal separately from the excitation signal when the operating frequency is switched from the idle frequency to the resonant frequency, the excitation signal is generated by a primary voltage-controlled oscillator, the excitation reference signal is generated by a first secondary voltage-controlled oscillator, and the matching of the operating phase to the excitation reference phase is performed by injection-synchronizing the primary voltage-controlled oscillator with the first secondary voltage-controlled oscillator.
Owner:UNIVERSITAT STUTTGART

Piperidine, pyrrolidine and isoindole precursors of probes for oxidative stress

The present invention relates to a compound of formula (I), wherein n = 1 or 2, and A and A' are independently chosen from among the group consisting of the following substituents (ll-a) and (ll-b), R and R' being independently chosen from among H and C1-C3 linear or branched alkyls, Z being chosen from among a C1-C4 linear or branched alkyl group and an aryl group optionally substituted with a C1-C3 linear or branched alkyl group or / and with a hydroxyl group, and the unit of formula (N) is chosen from among the following units (III-a), (III-b), (III-c), (III-d) and (III-e), Ra, Rb, Rc and Rd being, for each unit (lll-a), (lll-b), (lll-c), (lll-d) and (lll-e), independently chosen from among C1-C4 linear or branched alkyls.
Owner:CENT NAT DE LA RECH SCI (C N R S) +3

Magnetometry method and apparatus

PCT designated stageWO2026008642A1Analysis using optical pumpingAnalysis using electron paramagnetic resonanaceResonance measurementPhotoluminescence
Discloses is a magnetometer and a method of carrying out magnetometry. A sensor element comprising a sheet of a 2D layered material having a photon-emitting spin-active defect is provided. The defect has a spin triplet state with first, second and third non-degenerate spin sublevels in the absence of applied magnetic field. An optically detected magnetic resonance measurement is conducted on the sensor element by subjecting the sensor element to optical excitation and photoluminescence detection whilst a variable frequency microwave signal is applied, the microwave signal causing transitions between the spin triplet state spin sublevels. The photoluminescence detection comprises: detecting a change in photoluminescence signal when the microwave signal is resonant with a transition between the spin triplet state spin sublevels; and determining a characteristic of a magnetic field based on the detected photoluminescence signals.
Owner:CAMBRIDGE ENTERPRISE LTD

Method and apparatus for increasing a signal from probe spins sensing precessing sample spins

A method is provided for increasing a measurand, said measurand being associated with the exposure of probe spins to a sample magnetic field generated by precessing sample spins. The method comprises providing a solid comprising spin systems localized therein, said spin systems providing the probe spins, said probe spins having an average position. The method comprises providing a sample in a sample region, the sample comprising said sample spins, and said sample having a sample average position. The method comprises applying a static magnetic field to the sample region, the static magnetic field having a component being spatially homogeneous in the sample region, said component acting along a first direction, said static magnetic field causing the sample spins to precess. A distance between the sample average position and the average position of the probe spins does not exceed one millimeter, such that the probe spins are exposed to a sample magnetic field generated by the precessing sample spins. The method comprises, while the static magnetic field is being applied to the sample region: applying a pulsed magnetic field to the sample region, the pulsed magnetic field having a component along the first direction, wherein a gradient of said component of the pulsed magnetic field has a component perpendicular to at least one of the first direction and a relative sample position, wherein the relative sample position refers to a vector difference resulting from subtracting the average position of the probe spins from the sample average position. The method further comprises, while the static magnetic field is being applied to the sample region: measuring a measurand that is associated with occupations of quantum mechanical states of the probe spins. Said gradient has a magnitude, said magnitude referring to a time integral of said component of the gradient over a temporal period of the pulsed magnetic field. The method is characterized in that the magnitude is such that the measurand is increased by at least 25% over a reference measurement of the measurand, the reference measurement being performed like said measurement except for the applying of the pulsed magnetic field, wherein the pulsed magnetic field is not applied in the reference measurement.
Owner:TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITAT MUNCHEN