Concept 23 of 42 · Noise, Decoherence and Control

Dynamical decoupling

Control pulses reverse accumulated unwanted phase while retaining selected signals.

01 / Mathematical framework
$$y(t)\in\{-1,+1\}$$

Physical intuition

Control pulses reverse accumulated unwanted phase while retaining selected signals.

Deep dive: physical mechanism

Pi pulses toggle the sign of longitudinal coupling; the resulting filter function suppresses slow noise or targets AC fields.

What is measured experimentally?

Echo contrast and resonance dips reveal noise bands.

Assumptions, noise and limitations

Pulse errors and finite duration can spoil ideal cancellation.

Research and simulation exercise

Compute the filter function of Hahn echo and CPMG.

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