Multiple Echoes, Multiple Quantum Coherence, and the Dipolar Field: Demonstrating the Significance of Higher Order Terms in the Equilibrium Density Matrix

Author： Minot E.D. Callaghan P.T. Kaplan N.

Publisher： Academic Press

ISSN： 1090-7807

Source： Journal of Magnetic Resonance, Vol.140, Iss.1, 1999-09, pp. : 200-205

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Abstract

It is well known that dipolar field effects lead to multiple spin echoes in a simple two-RF pulse experiment (the MSE experiment). We show here that coherence transfer echoes (which identify the existence of multiple quantum coherences in liquid NMR) and multiple spin echoes have a common origin. Using density matrix theory we have calculated the phase and timing of multiple spin echoes from all quadrature phase combinations of RF pulses. We show for the MSE experiment that there is a one-to-one correspondence between the time domain echo order and the multiple quantum coherence order. The experimental confirmation of these phase predictions shows that multiple spin echoes provide independent evidence for the breakdown of the high temperature approximation as proposed by Warren et al. (Science 262, 2005 (1993)).