Continuously Tunable 250 GHz Gyrotron with a Double Disk Window for DNP-NMR Spectroscopy

• Main Authors: Ni, Qing Zhe (Contributor), Barnes, Alexander (Contributor), Daviso, Eugenio (Contributor), Herzfeld, Judith (Author), Griffin, Robert Guy (Contributor), Guss, William C (Author), Jawla, Sudheer K. (Author), Temkin, Richard J (Author)
• Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Chemistry (Contributor), Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Physics (Contributor), Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Plasma Science and Fusion Center (Contributor), Francis Bitter Magnet Laboratory (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) (Contributor), Jawla, Sudheer Kumar (Contributor), Guss, William (Contributor), Temkin, Richard J. (Contributor)
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Springer-Verlag, 2015-02-18T18:09:30Z.
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In this paper, we describe the design and experimental results from the rebuild of a 250 GHz gyrotron used for Dynamic Nuclear Polarization enhanced Nuclear Magnetic Resonance spectroscopy on a 380 MHz spectrometer. Tuning bandwidth of approximately 2 GHz is easily achieved at a fixed magnetic field of 9.24 T and a beam current of 95 mA producing an average output power of >10 W over the entire tuning band. This tube incorporates a double disk output sapphire window in order to maximize the transmission at 250.58 GHz. DNP Signal enhancement of >125 is achieved on a [superscript 13]C-Urea sample using this gyrotron.
National Institutes of Health (U.S.) (Grant EB002804)
National Institutes of Health (U.S.) (Grant EB003151)
National Institutes of Health (U.S.) (Grant EB002026)
National Institutes of Health (U.S.) (Grant EB001960)
National Institutes of Health (U.S.) (Grant EB001035)
National Institutes of Health (U.S.) (Grant EB001965)
National Institutes of Health (U.S.) (Grant EB004866)