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NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY USING LIGHT WITH ORBITAL ANGULAR MOMENTUM
FIELD OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a sample analysis method based on nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy. The invention also relates to a corresponding computer program product and device for carrying out the method.
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SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
According to a first aspect of the invention there is provided a method of analyzing a sample consisting of molecules, the analysis being based upon nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy, the method comprising the following steps:
- turning on a light source;
- introducing orbital angular momentum into the light;
- obtaining a focused light beam carrying orbital angular momentum; sequentially illuminating the sample with the focused light beam carrying orbital angular momentum for obtaining nuclear magnetic polarizability of the sample; and
- obtaining a free induction decay signal resulting from the illumination, the free induction decay signal carrying characteristics of the sample.
This provides clear advantages, namely for instance the obtained free induction decay (FID) signal is much stronger than the corresponding signal obtained by using traditional NMR spectroscopy methods. Thus, the sensitivity of the measurement technique is greatly improved. The obtained FID signal is also less noisy and better resolution can be achieved. As a consequence smaller samples can be analyzed.
According to a second aspect of the invention there is provided a computer program product comprising instructions for implementing the method according the first aspect of the invention when loaded and run on computer means of an analysis device.
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