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Past exam of the advanced quantum physics course of the University of Cambridge 2017 1 a Solution by
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Use the isolated nuclear spin Zeeman effect implied by the supplied nuclear magnetic moment, with hyperfine structure neglected. The proton gyromagnetic ratio isThe two spin levels are separated by . Resonant nuclear magnetic resonance therefore requires the Larmor frequency
The duration is a Rabi pi pulse: in a frame rotating with the resonant transverse magnetic field, the spin must rotate through . If denotes the magnitude of a circularly rotating field with the correct sense of rotation, the Rabi angular frequency is . The shortest pulse is then
There is an amplitude convention to specify. If the applied transverse magnetic field is instead the linearly oscillating , its resonant circular component has magnitude . The rotating-wave approximation gives and henceThe wording does not specify this polarization convention, so the two pulse durations should be distinguished. Odd multiples of either shortest Rabi pi pulse also invert the spin within the corresponding ideal model.
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