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View SchemaNanomagnetic Planar Magnetic Resonance Microscopy Lens
| Authors | Mladen Barbic, Axel Scherer |
|---|---|
| Categories | |
| ArXiv ID | quant-ph/0412217 |
| URL | https://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0412217 |
| DOI | 10.1021/nl0501260 |
Abstract
The achievement of three-dimensional atomic resolution magnetic resonance microscopy remains one of the main challenges in the visualization of biological molecules. The prospects for single spin microscopy have come tantalizingly close due to the recent developments in sensitive instrumentation. Despite the single spin detection capability in systems of spatially well-isolated spins, the challenge that remains is the creation of conditions in space where only a single spin is resonant and detected in the presence of other spins in its natural dense spin environment. We present a nanomagnetic planar design where a localized Angstrom-scale point in three-dimensional space is created above the nanostructure with a non-zero minimum of the magnetic field magnitude. The design thereby represents a magnetic resonance microscopy lens where potentially only a single spin located in the focus spot of the structure is resonant. Despite the presence of other spins in the Angstrom-scale vicinity of the resonant spin, the high gradient magnetic field of the lens renders those spins inactive in the detection process.
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