We demonstrate one-dimensional nuclear magnetic resonance imaging of the
semiconductor GaAs with 170 nanometer slice separation and resolve two regions
of reduced nuclear spin polarization density separated by only 500 nanometers.
This is achieved by force detection of the magnetic resonance, Magnetic
Resonance Force Microscopy (MRFM), in combination with optical pumping to
increase the nuclear spin polarization. Optical pumping of the GaAs creates
spin polarization up to 12 times larger than the thermal nuclear spin
polarization at 5 K and 4 T. The experiment is sensitive to sample volumes
containing ∼4×101171Ga/Hz. These results
demonstrate the ability of force-detected magnetic resonance to apply magnetic
resonance imaging to semiconductor devices and other nanostructures.Comment: Submitted to J of Magnetic Resonanc