Broadband Echo Sequence Using a π Composite Pulse for the Pure NQR of a Spin I = 3/2 Powder Sample

Journal of Magnetic Resonance

Volumn 143, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 299-310

  Odin, Christophe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

Author keywords

Composite pulses; Excitation bandwidth; NQR; Powder average

Indexed keywords

EID: 0346107498     PISSN: 10907807     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmre.1999.1991     Document Type: Article

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