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

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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 13C-Urea sample using this gyrotron.

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Acknowledgements

This research was supported by the National Institutes of Health through grants EB002804, EB003151, EB002026, EB001960, EB001035, EB001965, and EB004866. We also thank Ivan Mastovsky for helping during the fabrication and assembling of the components.

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  1. Plasma Science and Fusion Center, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, 02139, USA

    Sudheer Jawla, William Guss & Richard Temkin

  2. Francis Bitter Magnet Lab and Department of Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, 02139, USA

    Qing Zhe Ni, Alexander Barnes, Eugenio Daviso & Robert Griffin

  3. Department of Chemistry, Brandies University, Waltham, MA, 02454, USA

    Eugenio Daviso & Judith Herzfeld

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Jawla, S., Ni, Q.Z., Barnes, A. et al. Continuously Tunable 250 GHz Gyrotron with a Double Disk Window for DNP-NMR Spectroscopy. J Infrared Milli Terahz Waves 34, 42–52 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10762-012-9947-1

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