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There are several analytical procedures available for derivation of relaxation information from time-resolved anisotropy experiments, the merits of which have been discussed at length elsewhere [25,112,114]. The salient points are covered here direct analysis of r(t) using a function such as Equation 2.31 is the most straightforward method but can become particularly problematic if the motion under study is comparable to the width of the excitation pulse [25,112,114]. Furthermore, as r(t) can suffer contamination from the polarizing effects of stray excitation from the source, particularly in weakly fluorescent samples, other methods are required to overcome such artifacts. Impulse reconvolution [115] allows mathematical removal of the instrumental pulse from the experimental data and involves an analysis of s(t) by a statistically adequate model function (e.g., Eq. 2.8). The best fit to s(t) is... 

This extreme example highlights normally minor, but in this case important, differences between INEPT and DEPT. INEPT pulse sequences are more sensitive to J variations in a sample than DEPT since two INEPT parameters are J dependent, whereas only one DEPT parameter is. Also, the INEPT sequence contains more pulses than the DEPT sequence. Small instrumental pulse errors are thus more likely to combine to give noticeable... 

The ambiguity due to the occurrence of multiple peaks in Nal (Tl) spectrometry for energies above the pair threshold can be removed, at the expense of sensitivity, by the use of a three-crystal spectrometer. In this instrument pulses from the centre crystal are only accepted when there is simultaneously a pulse due to an annihilation quantum in each of two side crystals. The difference between single- and three-crystal spectra is shown in Fig. 12. For energies below the pair threshold improved resolution can be obtained by using a two-crystal coincidence spectrometer to measure the pulse height due to Compton recoil electrons (Hofstadter and McIntyre ). 

Ion beams used in SIMS may be rastered and/or pulsed as needed (the most commonly available Time of Flight instruments pulse the primary ion beam). 

Instruments are available based on sine waves, square waves tind pulses singly or in combinations. 

The first of them to determine the LMA quantitatively and the second - the LF qualitatively Of course, limit of sensitivity of the LF channel depends on the rope type and on its state very close because the LF are detected by signal pulses exceeding over a noise level. The level is less for new ropes (especially for the locked coil ropes) than for multi-strand ropes used (especially for the ropes corroded). Even if a skilled and experienced operator interprets a record, this cannot exclude possible errors completely because of the evaluation subjectivity. Moreover it takes a lot of time for the interpretation. Some of flaw detector producers understand the problem and are intended to develop new instruments using data processing by a computer [6]. 

Our solution for this inspection problem is a special ultrasonic system consisting of a special probe and a modified pulse-echo ultrasonic instrument. 

The modern Russian MIA flaw detectors use pulse version of the method [1-3], which peirnits to produce very portable (0.7 - 1.5 kg) and simple instruments, convenient especially for in-service testing. The objects to be tested are multilayer structures of reinforced plastics, metals and other materials honeycomb panels, antenna fairings, propellers, helicopter rotors and so on. In mentioned instruments amplitude-frequency analog signal processing is used. 

Correlative signal processing in MIA pulse flaw detectors is an effective way to increase the sensitivity and signal to noise ratio. Instruments with such processing system should be provided with a device for adjusting and sustaining initial phases of both current and reference pulses. 

A microwave pulse from a tunable oscillator is injected into the cavity by an anteima, and creates a coherent superposition of rotational states. In the absence of collisions, this superposition emits a free-mduction decay signal, which is detected with an anteima-coupled microwave mixer similar to those used in molecular astrophysics. The data are collected in the time domain and Fourier transfomied to yield the spectrum whose bandwidth is detemimed by the quality factor of the cavity. Hence, such instruments are called Fourier transfomi microwave (FTMW) spectrometers (or Flygare-Balle spectrometers, after the inventors). FTMW instruments are extraordinarily sensitive, and can be used to examine a wide range of stable molecules as well as highly transient or reactive species such as hydrogen-bonded or refractory clusters [29, 30]. 

A number of mixing experiments have therefore been used to generate both pulses and CW THz radiation. Among these, diode-based mixers used as upconvertors (that is, heterodyne spectroscopy m reverse ) have been the workliorse FIR instruments. Two such teclmiques have produced the bulk of the spectroscopic results ... 

In recent years, however, enomious progress has been made and with the availability of the appropriate MW equipment pulsed EPR has now emerged from its fomier shadowy existence. Fully developed pulse EPR instrumentation is nowadays connnercially available [31, 33]. 

Like NMR spectrometers some IR spectrometers oper ate in a continuous sweep mode whereas others em ploy pulse Fourier transform (FT IR) technology All the IR spectra in this text were obtained on an FT IR instrument... 

Time, Cost, and Equipment Commercial instrumentation for voltammetry ranges from less than 1000 for simple instruments to as much as 20,000 for more sophisticated instruments. In general, less expensive instrumentation is limited to linear potential scans, and the more expensive instruments allow for more complex potential-excitation signals using potential pulses. Except for stripping voltammetry, which uses long deposition times, voltammetric analyses are relatively rapid. 

A further important property of the two instruments concerns the nature of any ion sources used with them. Magnetic-sector instruments work best with a continuous ion beam produced with an electron ionization or chemical ionization source. Sources that produce pulses of ions, such as with laser desorption or radioactive (Californium) sources, are not compatible with the need for a continuous beam. However, these pulsed sources are ideal for the TOF analyzer because, in such a system, ions of all m/z values must begin their flight to the ion detector at the same instant in... 

Ions in a TOF analyzer are temporally separated according to mass. Thus, at the detector all ions of any one mass arrive at one particular time, and all ions of other masses arrive at a different times. Apart from measuring times of arrival, the TDC device must be able to measure the numbers of ions at any one m/z value to obtain ion abundances. Generally, in TOF instruments, many pulses of ions are sent to the detector per second. It is not unusual to record 30,000 spectra per minute. Of course, each spectmm contains few ions, and a final mass spectrum requires addition of all 30,000 spectra to obtain a representative result. 

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