Ultra-broadband NMR probe: numerical and experimental study of transmission line NMR probe

被引:14
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作者
Kubo, A [1 ]
Ichikawa, S [1 ]
机构
[1] Inst Mol Sci, Okazaki, Aichi 4448585, Japan
关键词
NMR probe; broadband; transmission line; RF field homogeneity;
D O I
10.1016/S1090-7807(03)00014-4
中图分类号
Q5 [生物化学];
学科分类号
071010 ; 081704 ;
摘要
We have reinvestigated a transmission line NMR probe first published by Lowe and co-workers in 1970s [Rev. Sci. Instrum. 45 (1974) 631; 48 (1977) 268] numerically and experimentally. The probe is expected to be ultra-broadband, thus might enable new types of solid-state NMR experiments. The NMR probe consists of a coil and capacitors which are connected to the coil at regular intervals. The circuit is the same as a cascaded LC low-pass filter, except there are nonzero mutual inductances between different coil sections. We evaluated the mutual inductances by Neumann's formula and calculated the electrical characteristics of the probe as a function of a carrier frequency. We found that they were almost the same as those of a cascaded LC low-pass filter, when the inductance L of a section was estimated from the inductance of the whole coil divided by the number of the sections, and if C was set to the capacitance in a section. For example, the characteristic impedance of a transmission line coil is given by Z = (L/C)(1/2). We also calculated the magnitude and the distribution of RF magnetic field inside the probe. The magnitude of RF field decreases when the carrier frequency is increased because the phase delay between neighboring sections is proportional to the carrier frequency. For cylindrical coils, the RF field is proportional to (pinu/2nu(d))(1/2) exp(-nu/nu(d)), where the decay frequency nu(d) is determined by the dimensions of the coil. The observed carrier frequency thus must be much smaller than the decay frequency. This condition restricts the size of transmission line coils. We made a cylindrical coil for a H-1 NMR probe operating below 400 MHz. It had a diameter 2.3 mm and a pitch 1.2 mm. Five capacitors of 6 pF were connected at every three turns. The RF field strength was 40 and 60 kHz at the input RF power 100 W by a calculation and by experiments, respectively. The calculations showed that the RF field inhomogeneity along the coil axis was caused by a standing wave of current, which arose from the reflections at the coil ends. The Calculation showed that the homogeneity could be improved by decreasing the pitch near the both ends and making their impedance close to that at the center. (C) 2003 Elsevier Science (USA). All rights reserved.
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页码:284 / 299
页数:16
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