Detection of J-coupling using atomic magnetometer

Title: Detection of J-coupling using atomic magnetometer

An embodiment of a method of detecting a J-coupling includes providing a polarized analyte adjacent to a vapor cell of an atomic magnetometer; and measuring one or more J-coupling parameters using the atomic magnetometer. According to an embodiment, measuring the one or more J-coupling parameters includes detecting a magnetic field created by the polarized analyte as the magnetic field evolves under a J-coupling interaction.

Inventors:: Ledbetter, Micah P.; Crawford, Charles W.; Wemmer, David E.; Pines, Alexander; Knappe, Svenja; Kitching, John; Budker, Dmitry

Issue Date:: 2015-09-22

OSTI Identifier:: 1215629

Assignee:: The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, CA) LBNL

Patent Number(s):: 9,140,657

Application Number:: 13/264,376

Contract Number:: AC02-05CH11231

Resource Relation:: Patent File Date: 2010 Apr 13

Research Org:: Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)

Sponsoring Org:: USDOE

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 74 ATOMIC AND MOLECULAR PHYSICS

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