Line Narrowing in Nitrogen-14 NQR by Non-Resonant Irradiation

Abstract

Abstract The effect of non-resonant irradiation on the linewidth of 14N NQR lines has been investigated in three cases with zero asymmetry parameter. The characteristic time of the free induction decay (T2 *) in Trimethylamine (TMA), Triethylenediamine (TED) and Hexamethylenetetramine (HMT) was studied at 77 K. Circularly polarized non-resonant irradiations of 11 kHz were used with intensities of up to 24 G with a geometrical arrangement following Ito and Hashi. The largest effect, a 100% increase in T2*, is measured in TMA. No observable effect occurs in HMT. An intermediate result occurs in TED, where the considerable narrowing caused by the non-resonant field serves to provide a greater resolution of the fine structure first reported by Colligiani and Ambrosetti. This fine structure, presumably dipolar in origin, is not itself affected by the non-resonant irradiation. The degree to which the theory of dressing fields can account for these results is discussed.