Multidisciplinary applications of laser-polarized noble gas NMR
Abstract
Large nuclear spin polarizations can be created in dense samples of the spin 1/2 noble gases (3He and 129Xe) using optical pumping techniques. Such large spin-polarization greatly enhances the nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) detection sensitivity of these noble gases, enabling high precision Zeeman frequency measurements, fast gas-space magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), probes of complex system microstructure through measurements of restricted gas diffusion, and practical MRI at low magnetic fields. Laser-polarized noble gas NMR is a powerful new tool for biomedical imaging, materials science, and fundamental physics. I will discuss the research activities of my group and collaborators in each of these areas.
- Publication:
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APS Division of Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics Meeting Abstracts
- Pub Date:
- May 1998
- Bibcode:
- 1998APS..DMP..G002W