Nuclear quadrupole resonance echoes from hexamethylenetetramine

We investigated the echo phenomenon of nuclear quadrupole resonance (NQR) from hexamethylenetetramine (HMT). We detected the pure NQR echo signal of HMT with a short pulse interval. The intensity of the echo signal increased as the pulse interval time was decreased. We observed that a clean echo signal was generated even when the pulse interval was shorter than the decay time constant T₂^*. Since the short interval time gives a strong echo, our result insists that shorter interval time is preferred for the NQR detection.