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Pulsed Fourier-transform NQR of N14 with a dc SQUID

M. D. Hürlimann, C. H. Pennington, N. Q. Fan, John Clarke, A. Pines, E. L. Hahn

DOI 10.1103/PhysRevLett.69.684 · Physical Review Letters

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Abstract

The zero-field free induction decay of solid ammonium perchlorate at 1.5 K has been directly detected with a dc superconducting quantum interference device. The Fourier-transform spectrum consists of three sharp lines at 17.4, 38.8, and 56.2 kHz arising from pure N14 nuclear quadrupole resonance transitions. The absence of splittings and resonance transitions from dipolar-coupled proton spins is attributed to reorientation of the ammonium groups by quantum tunneling in combination with motional averaging in the three proton levels characterized by the irreducible representation T. The measured N14 spin-spin relaxation time is 22±2 ms and the spin-lattice relaxation time is 63±6 ms.

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