Role of spin noise in the detection of nanoscale ensembles of nuclear spins

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 99, Issue 25, 2007, Pages

  Degen, C L ^a   Poggio, M ^a,b   Mamin, H J ^a   Rugar, D ^a  

^a IBM ALMADEN RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOLTZMANN EQUATION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SPIN POLARIZATION;

MAGNETIC RESONANCE FORCE MICROSCOPY; NUCLEAR SPINS; RANDOM FLUCTUATIONS; SPIN NOISE;

SPIN DYNAMICS;

EID: 37549072594     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.99.250601     Document Type: Article

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