Non-cyclic geometric phase of nuclear quadrupole resonance signals of powdered samples

The non-cyclic geometric phase of N-14 and Cl-35 NQR signals induced by the character of trajectory of nuclear magnetization motion upon pulse r.f. excitation of powdered samples is studied. Analytical expressions for the geometric phases of NQR signals of the nuclei of spins I=1 and 3/2 upon nuclear magnetization rotation induced by means of r.f. pulses with frequency detuned from the resonance and for any impulse duration for a separate crystallite are obtained. It is shown that the geometric phase recorded for the signal from a powdered sample at Delta omega=0 can be different from zero and can oscillate upon changes in duration of the r.f. excitation pulse. An alternative variant of the nutation experiment aimed at obtaining the asymmetry parameter eta from locations of frequency singularities in the nutation phase spectrum for nuclei of spin I=3/2 in powder substances is proposed. (C) 2011 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.