Nuclear magnetic resonance spectrometer, method of operation, and probe therefore
AssigneeSocpra Sciences Et Genie S.E.C.
InventorsBertrand REULET, Jeffrey A. QUILLIAM, Mathieu MASSICOTTE, Aimé VERRIER
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Abstract
The nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) system can have an interrogating subsystem comprising a superconducting path with an alternating plurality series of parallel back and forth segments collectively forming an interrogating surface adjacent the sample area, the interrogating subsystem configured for i) emitting an oscillating magnetic field B1 configured to disrupt a configuration of nuclear spins in the sample in a manner for the disrupted nuclear spins to generate a signal, and ii) receiving the signal.
Claims24
A nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) system for interrogating a sample in a sample area, the NMR system comprising:
- an interrogating subsystem comprising a superconducting path with an alternating series of parallel back and forth segments separated from one another by an insulating distance and collectively forming an interrogating surface adjacent the sample area, the interrogating subsystem configured for
- i) emitting an oscillating magnetic field B1 disrupting a configuration of nuclear spins in the sample in a manner for the disrupted nuclear spins to generate a signal, and
- ii) receiving the signal;
- the interrogating subsystem configured to perform at least one of the emitting and the receiving via the superconducting path.
A method of capturing a nuclear magnetic resonance signal from a sample having a population of nuclear spins, the method comprising:
- emitting a time-varying magnetic field B1 in the sample, thereby disrupting the configuration of at least some of the nuclear spins, the disrupted configuration nuclear spins generating the nuclear magnetic resonance signal in the form of an oscillating magnetic field;
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- receiving the nuclear magnetic resonance signal via a superconducting path including a plurality of parallel back and forth segments, the superconducting path positioned adjacent the sample.
A probe for a nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) system, the probe comprising a superconducting path with a plurality of parallel back and forth segments separated from one another by an insulating distance and collectively forming an interrogating surface.
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