The role of nuclear spin diffusion in dynamic nuclear polarization of crystalline nanoscale silicon particles
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| author | von Witte, Gevin Tamarov, Konstantin Sahin, Neva Himmler, Aaron Ganz, Vera Moilanen, Jani O. Lehto, Vesa-Pekka Kwiatkowski, Grzegorz Kozerke, Sebastian Ernst, Matthias |
| author_facet | von Witte, Gevin Tamarov, Konstantin Sahin, Neva Himmler, Aaron Ganz, Vera Moilanen, Jani O. Lehto, Vesa-Pekka Kwiatkowski, Grzegorz Kozerke, Sebastian Ernst, Matthias |
| contents | Hyperpolarized nanoparticles (NPs) offer high polarization levels with room temperature relaxation times exceeding half an hour. In this work, we demonstrate that the achievable hyperpolarization enhancement and relaxation (decay) time at room temperature are largely independent of the particle size contrary to previous assumptions. This is explained through first-principles spin-diffusion coefficient calculations and finite-element polarization simulations. The simulated zero-quantum (flip-flop) line width governing the spin diffusion is found to agree with the experimentally accessible single-quantum (single spin flip, e.g. radio-frequency pulse) line width. The transport of hyperpolarization from strongly hyperfine-coupled spins towards the bulk is most likelybelieved to be responsible for the slow polarization dynamics including long room temperature decay time. The line width and spin-diffusion simulations are extended to other cubic crystal structures and analytical expressions, which only require insertion of the gyromagnetic ratio, lattice constant, isotope abundance and measured spectral density distribution (nuclear line width), are fitted. The presented simulations can be adjusted to study spin diffusion in other materials. |
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| spellingShingle | The role of nuclear spin diffusion in dynamic nuclear polarization of crystalline nanoscale silicon particles von Witte, Gevin Tamarov, Konstantin Sahin, Neva Himmler, Aaron Ganz, Vera Moilanen, Jani O. Lehto, Vesa-Pekka Kwiatkowski, Grzegorz Kozerke, Sebastian Ernst, Matthias Quantum Physics Materials Science Hyperpolarized nanoparticles (NPs) offer high polarization levels with room temperature relaxation times exceeding half an hour. In this work, we demonstrate that the achievable hyperpolarization enhancement and relaxation (decay) time at room temperature are largely independent of the particle size contrary to previous assumptions. This is explained through first-principles spin-diffusion coefficient calculations and finite-element polarization simulations. The simulated zero-quantum (flip-flop) line width governing the spin diffusion is found to agree with the experimentally accessible single-quantum (single spin flip, e.g. radio-frequency pulse) line width. The transport of hyperpolarization from strongly hyperfine-coupled spins towards the bulk is most likelybelieved to be responsible for the slow polarization dynamics including long room temperature decay time. The line width and spin-diffusion simulations are extended to other cubic crystal structures and analytical expressions, which only require insertion of the gyromagnetic ratio, lattice constant, isotope abundance and measured spectral density distribution (nuclear line width), are fitted. The presented simulations can be adjusted to study spin diffusion in other materials. |
| title | The role of nuclear spin diffusion in dynamic nuclear polarization of crystalline nanoscale silicon particles |
| topic | Quantum Physics Materials Science |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2412.10536 |