DAC-board based X-band EPR spectrometer with arbitrary waveform control

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• 作者：Thomas Kaufmann ; Timothy J. Keller ; John M. Franck ; Ryan P. Barnes ; Steffen J. Glaser ; John M. Martinis ; Songi Han
• 关键词：Pulse electron paramagnetic resonance ; EPR ; X-band ; Arbitrary waveform generation ; Transfer function ; Excitation profile
• 刊名：Journal of Magnetic Resonance
• 出版年：2013
• 出版时间：October, 2013
• 年：2013
• 卷：235
• 期：Complete
• 页码：95-108
• 全文大小：2212 K

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We present arbitrary control over a homogenous spin system, demonstrated on a simple, home-built, electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) spectrometer operating at 8-10 GHz (X-band) and controlled by a 1 GHz arbitrary waveform generator (AWG) with 42 dB (i.e. 14-bit) of dynamic range. Such a spectrometer can be relatively easily built from a single DAC (digital to analog converter) board with a modest number of stock components and offers powerful capabilities for automated digital calibration and correction routines that allow it to generate shaped X-band pulses with precise amplitude and phase control. It can precisely tailor the excitation profiles ¡°seen¡± by the spins in the microwave resonator, based on feedback calibration with experimental input. We demonstrate the capability to generate a variety of pulse shapes, including rectangular, triangular, Gaussian, sinc, and adiabatic rapid passage waveforms. We then show how one can precisely compensate for the distortion and broadening caused by transmission into the microwave cavity in order to optimize corrected waveforms that are distinctly different from the initial, uncorrected waveforms. Specifically, we exploit a narrow EPR signal whose width is finer than the features of any distortions in order to map out the response to a short pulse, which, in turn, yields the precise transfer function of the spectrometer system. This transfer function is found to be consistent for all pulse shapes in the linear response regime. In addition to allowing precise waveform shaping capabilities, the spectrometer presented here offers complete digital control and calibration of the spectrometer that allows one to phase cycle the pulse phase with 0.007¡ã resolution and to specify the inter-pulse delays and pulse durations to ?250 ps resolution. The implications and potential applications of these capabilities will be discussed.