Magnetic Resonance Laboratory

Publications

Journal papers

• M. W. Malone and K. L. Sauer, Homonuclear Dipolar Coupling and CPMG Spin-Echoes in NQR , Applied Magnetic Resonance, accepted for publication (2012).

• M. W. Malone, M. McGillvray, and K. L. Sauer, Revealing dipolar coupling with NQR off-resonant pulsed spin locking, Phys. Rev. B 84, 214430 (2011).

• K. L. Sauer, C. A. Klug, J. B. Miller, and J. P. Yesinowski Optically pumped InP: Nuclear polarization from NMR frequency shifts, Phys. Rev. B 84,085202 (2011).

• J.B. Miller, K.L. Sauer, C.A. Klug, and M.L. Buess, Efficient Excitation and Ringing Suppression in Nuclear Quadrupole Resonance, book chapter in NATO Science for Peace and Security Series B: Explosives Detection Using Magnetic and Nuclear Resonance Techniques (2009).

• D.W. Prescott, J.B. Miller, C. Tourigny and K.L. Sauer, Nuclear quadrupole resonance single-pulse echoes, Journal of Magnetic Resonance 194, 1 (2008).

• D.W. Prescott, O. Olmedo, S. Soon, and K.L. Sauer, Low-Field Approach to Double Resonance in NQR of Spin-1, Journal of Chemical Physics 126, 204504 (2007).

• S.-K. Lee, K.L. Sauer, S.J. Seltzer, O. Alem, M.V. Romalis, A subfemtotesla radio-frequency atomic magnetometer for detection of nuclear quadrupole resonance, Applied Physics Letters 89, 214106 (2006) .

• K.L. Sauer and C.A. Klug, Spin dynamics in the pulsed spin locking of nuclear quadrupole resonance, Physical Review B 74, 174410 (2006) .

• I.M. Savukov, S. Seltzer, M.V. Romalis, and K.L. Sauer, Detection of radio-frequency magnetic fields with an atomic magnetometer, Physical Review Letters 95 , 063004 (2005).

• Kent R. Thurber, Karen L. Sauer, Michael L. Buess, Christopher A. Klug, and Joel B. Miller, Increasing ¹⁴N NQR signal by ¹H-¹⁴N level crossing with small magnetic field, Journal of Magnetic Resonance 177, 118 (2005).

• K.L. Sauer, C.A. Klug, J.B. Miller, and A.N. Garroway, Using quaternions to design composite pulses for spin-1 NQR, Applied Magnetic Resonance 25, 485 (2004).

• B.H. Suits, A.N. Garroway, J.B. Miller, and K.L. Sauer, ¹⁴N magnetic resonance for materials detection in the field, Solid State Nuclear Magnetic Resonance 24, 123 (2003).

• K.L. Sauer, B.H. Suits, A.N. Garroway, and J.B. Miller, Secondary echoes in three-frequency nuclear quadrupole resonance of spin-1 nuclei, Journal of Chemical Physics 118, 5071 (2003).

• K.L. Sauer, B.H. Suits, A.N. Garroway, and J.B. Miller, Three-frequency nuclear quadrupole resonance of spin-1 nuclei, Chemical Physics Letters 342, 362 (2001).

• K.L. Sauer, F. Marion, P.J. Nacher, and G. Tastevin, NMR instabilities and spectral clustering in laser-polarized liquid xenon, Physical Review B 63, 184427 (2001).

• P.J. Nacher, G. Tastevin, B. Villard, N. Piegay, F. Marion, and K. Sauer, NMR instabilities in spin-polarized liquids: ³He, ³He-⁴He mixtures and ¹²⁹Xe, Journal of Low Temperature Physics 121, 743 (2000).

• K.L. Sauer, R.J. Fitzgerald, and W. Happer, Resonance technique to probe ¹²⁹Xe surface interactions, Physical Review A 59, R1746 (1999).

• D. Levron, D.K. Walter, S. Appelt, R.J. Fitzgerald, D. Kahn, S.E. Korbly, K.L. Sauer, W. Happer, T.L. Earles, L.J. Mawst, D. Botez, M. Harvey, L. Dimarco, J.C. Conolly, H.E. Moller, X.J. Chen, G.P. Cofer, G.A. Johnson, Magnetic resonance imaging of hyperpolarized ¹²⁹Xe produced by spin exchange with diode-laser pumped Cs, Applied Physics Letters 73, 2666 (1998).

• R.J. Fitzgerald, K.L. Sauer, and W. Happer, Cross-relaxation in laser-polarized liquid xenon, Chemical Physics Letters 284, 87 (1998).

• K.L. Sauer, R.J. Fitzgerald, and W. Happer, Laser-polarized liquid xenon, Chemical Physics Letters 277, 153 (1997).

• J.P. Muggler, B. Driehuys, J.R. Brookeman, G.D. Cates, S.S. Berr, R.G. Bryant, T.M. Daniel, E.E. deLange, J.H. Downs, C.J. Erickson, W. Happer, D.P. Hinton, N.F. Kassel, T. Maier, C.D. Phillips, B.T. Saam, K.L. Sauer, M.E. Wagshul, MR Imaging and spectroscopy using hyperpolarized ¹²⁹Xe gas: preliminary human results, Magnetic Resonance in Medicine 37, 809 (1997).

• B. Driehuys, G.D. Cates, E. Miron, K. Sauer, D.K. Walter, and W. Happer, High-volume production of laser-polarized ¹²⁹Xe, Applied Physics Letters 69, 1668 (1996).

• T. Sizer II, T.K. Woodward, U. Keller, K. Sauer, T-H Chiu, D.L. Sivco, and A.Y. Cho, Measurement of carrier escape rates, exciton saturation intensity and saturation density in electrically biased multiple quantum well modulators, IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics 30, 399 (1994).

Patents

• M.V. Romalis, K.L. Sauer, I. Savukov, S.J. Seltzer, S-K Lee, Subfemtotesla radio-frequency atomic magnetometer for nuclear quadrupole resonance detection, U.S. Patent No. 7521928, dated April 21, 2009.

• K.L. Sauer, C.A. Klug, A. Garroway, J.B. Miller, Cancellation of ringing in magnetic resonance utilizing a composite pulse, U.S. Patent No. H002177, dated Jan. 2, 2007.

• K.L. Sauer, B.H. Suits, J.B. Miller, A.N. Garroway, Y.K. Lee, S. Huo, Substance detection by nuclear quadrupole resonance using at least two different excitation frequencies, U.S. Patent No. 6900633, dated May 31, 2005.