Optimal control design of constant amplitude phase-modulated pulses: application to calibration-free broadband excitation |
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Authors: | Skinner Thomas E Kobzar Kyryl Luy Burkhard Bendall M Robin Bermel Wolfgang Khaneja Navin Glaser Steffen J |
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Affiliation: | Physics Department, Wright State University, Dayton, OH 45435, USA. thomas.skinner@wright.edu |
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Abstract: | An optimal control algorithm for generating purely phase-modulated pulses is derived. The methodology is applied to obtain broadband excitation with unprecedented tolerance to RF inhomogeneity. Design criteria were transformation of Iz-->Ix over resonance offsets of +/-25 kHz for constant RF amplitude anywhere in the range 10-20 kHz, with a pulse length of 1 ms. Simulations transform Iz to greater than 0.99 Ix over the targetted ranges of resonance offset and RF variability. Phase deviations in the final magnetization are less than 2-3 degrees over almost the entire range, with sporadic deviations of 6-9 degrees at a few offsets for the lowest RF (10 kHz) in the optimized range. Experimental performance of the new pulse is in excellent agreement with the simulations, and the robustness of the excitation pulse and a derived refocusing pulse are demonstrated by insertion into conventional HSQC and HMBC-type experiments. |
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Keywords: | BEBOP Broadband excitation Optimal control theory Phase modulation PM pulses |
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