Hartmann-Hahn transfer effective Hamiltonian

Here the generic term Hartmann-Hahn experiment is used for polarization- or coherence-transfer experiments that are based on the Hartmann-Hahn principle (see Section II), that is, on matched effective fields that are created by a rf irradiation scheme. These experiments may be classified according to the following practical and theoretical aspects (see Fig. 6) that are related to properties of samples, spin systems, coherent magnetization transfer, effective Hamiltonians, multiple-pulse sequences, and incoherent magnetization transfer ... 

Important guidelines for the construction of a multiple-pulse sequence with desired properties are provided by average Hamiltonian theory (see Section IV). The effective Hamiltonian created by the sequence must meet a number of criteria (see Section IX). Most importantly, spins with different resonance frequencies, that is, with different offsets and Vj from a given carrier frequency, must effectively be energy matched in order to allow Hartmann-Hahn transfer. This can be achieved if the derivative of the effective field with respect to offset vanishes, which is identical to the Waugh criterion for efficient heteronuclear decoupling... 

Fourier transformation over an incremented Hartmann-Hahn evolution period yields the eigenfrequencies of the (effective) Hartmann-Hahn Hamiltonian. In solid samples with resolved heteronuclear dipolar couplings (Muller et al., 1974), this approach yields heteronuclear dipolar oscillation spectra (Hester et al., 1975) if the heteronuclear spins are Hartmann-Hahn matched during the evolution period of the experiment. In liquid state NMR, Fourier transformation over incremented homonu-clear Hartmann-Hahn transfer periods yields so-called coherence-transfer... 

The most important criteria for experimental Hartmann-Hahn mixing sequences are their coherence-transfer properties, which can be assessed based on the created effective Hamiltonians, propagators, and the evolution of the density operator. Additional criteria reflect the robustness with respect to experimental imperfections and experimental constraints, such as available rf amplitudes and the tolerable average rf power. For some spectrometers, simplicity of the sequence can be an additional criterion. Finally, for applications with short mixing periods, such as one-bond heteronuclear Hartmann-Hahn experiments, the duration Tj, of the basis sequence can be important. 

FySy), where = E", (Schleucher et al., 1994). This Hamiltonian can be implemented using a heteronuclear Hartmann-Hahn mixing sequence that creates an effective Hamiltonian = 2TrJ f (FySy + F S ) that is embedded between two 9(f I,S)y pulses. A heteronuclear isotropic Hartmann-Hahn (HIHAHA) transfer step (Quant et al., 1995a Quant, 1996) can be used for in-phase COS-CT, for example, from S to F (Sattler et al., 1995a). CQS-CT mixing steps yield sensitivity-improved experiments and are especially useful for experiments that are based on gradient echoes. 

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