Time-resolved measurements of transmission in resonance with the 1 S quadrupole polariton in Cu,O reveal a long-lasting signal which is modulated by pronounced oscillations with time-dependent period. These oscillations are interpreted as "propagation beats", which are caused by superposition of excited states of both polariton branches which propagate coherently through the crystal. At higher excitation intensities the decay becomes faster and the beats disappear. Magneto-quantum beats are also influenced significantly by propagation effects in transmission measurements.
A new goniometer for single-crystal nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy has been constructed and built into a multinuclear X–1H double-tuned probe for cross-polarization and/or 1H decoupling. Improvements in the ease of mounting/remounting the crystal on the three rotational axes and in the accuracy of the stepwise rotation about these axes have been achieved compared to the usual cube goniometer. A similar improvement is achieved for the determination of the orientation of the crystal relative to the goniometer frame. The NMR goniometer has three dovetail mortises that enable rotation of the crystal about three orthogonal axes, all perpendicular to the magnetic field. The crystal is glued onto a tenon that fits precisely into the dovetails of the NMR goniometer and also into a slightly modified x-ray diffraction goniometer, thereby allowing a high-accuracy determination of the orientation for the tensorial NMR interactions with respect to the crystal frame. The performance of the goniometer is illustrated by single-crystal 23Na NMR spectra of NaNO3.
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