MULTIPLE WAVE-VECTOR EXTENSIONS OF THE NMR PULSED-FIELD-GRADIENT SPIN-ECHO DIFFUSION MEASUREMENT

Multiple wave-vector extensions of NMR pulsed-field-gradient diffusion measurements are discussed in the context of diffractionlike effects of restricted diffusion. In the case of two independent wave vectors, it is shown that the dependence of the amplitude on the relative angle between the wave vectors carries information that is absent in the usual single-wave-vector amplitude. It is shown that a two-wave-vector measurement is sensitive to restricted diffusion even at small wave vectors, in contrast with the single-wave-vector case. It is proposed that the angular dependence noted above may be used to distinguish effects of restricted diffusion from those arising from a distribution of diffusion constants. © 1995 The American Physical Society.