Dr Walter Kockenberger walter.kockenberger@nottingham.ac.uk
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR & READER IN PHYSICS
Dynamic Nuclear Polarization as Kinetically Constrained Diffusion
K�ckenberger, W.; Wi?niewski, D.; Karabanov, A.; Wi?niewski, Daniel; Lesanovsky, I.; K�ckenberger, Walter
Authors
D. Wi?niewski
A. Karabanov
Daniel Wi?niewski
Professor IGOR LESANOVSKY IGOR.LESANOVSKY@NOTTINGHAM.AC.UK
PROFESSOR OF PHYSICS
Dr Walter Kockenberger walter.kockenberger@nottingham.ac.uk
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR & READER IN PHYSICS
Abstract
Dynamic nuclear polarization (DNP) is a promising strategy for generating a significantly increased nonthermal spin polarization in nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) and its applications that range from medicine diagnostics to material science. Being a genuine nonequilibrium effect, DNP circumvents the need for strong magnetic fields. However, despite intense research, a detailed theoretical understanding of the precise mechanism behind DNP is currently lacking. We address this issue by focusing on a simple instance of DNP—so-called solid effect DNP—which is formulated in terms of a quantum central spin model where a single electron is coupled to an ensemble of interacting nuclei. We show analytically that the nonequilibrium buildup of polarization heavily relies on a mechanism which can be interpreted as kinetically constrained diffusion. Beyond revealing this insight, our approach furthermore permits numerical studies of ensembles containing thousands of spins that are typically intractable when formulated in terms of a quantum master equation. We believe that this represents an important step forward in the quest of harnessing nonequilibrium many-body quantum physics for technological applications.
Citation
Köckenberger, W., Wiśniewski, D., Karabanov, A., Wiśniewski, D., Lesanovsky, I., & Köckenberger, W. (2015). Dynamic Nuclear Polarization as Kinetically Constrained Diffusion. Physical Review Letters, 115(2), Article 020404. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.115.020404
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Acceptance Date | Jun 12, 2015 |
Online Publication Date | Jul 10, 2015 |
Publication Date | Jul 10, 2015 |
Deposit Date | Jul 21, 2016 |
Publicly Available Date | Jul 21, 2016 |
Journal | Physical Review Letters |
Print ISSN | 0031-9007 |
Electronic ISSN | 1079-7114 |
Publisher | American Physical Society |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 115 |
Issue | 2 |
Article Number | 020404 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.115.020404 |
Public URL | https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/757274 |
Publisher URL | http://journals.aps.org/prl/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevLett.115.020404 |
Contract Date | Jul 21, 2016 |
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