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Optics and Spectroscopy

Investigation of a Sequence of Dynamical Decoupling Pulses for Dipole-Coupled Spin Systems with Inhomogeneous Broadening

Mansur M. Minnegaliev, R. V. Urmancheev, Vladimir A. Skrebnev, Sergey A. Moiseev

Published Jan 1, 2019• 3 citations
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Abstract

Abstract The protocol of dynamic decoupling using a sequence of resonance RF pulses with different shapes in a system of dipole-coupled electron/nuclear spins with inhomogeneous broadening of the resonance line has been theoretically studied. The choice of optimal RF pulse parameters for implementation of long-lived broadband quantum memory based on these spin systems is discussed.

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10.1134/s0030400x19010120

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