Optimization of Pulses and Pulse Sequences for NMR Spectroscopy : Grin Verlag : 9783346714152 : 3346714152 : 15 Aug 2022 : Master's Thesis from the year 2019 in the subject Chemistry - Analytical Chemistry, grade: 1,0, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), language: English, abstract: Pulse engineering plays an important role in high-resolution NMR spectroscopy because the performance of existing pulses depends on experimental parameters like bandwidth or magnetic field inhomonegeities. The GRAPE optimization algorithm can be used to find the best pulse for a given set of parameters. This method has been used to design band-selective pulses, robust broadband excitation and inversion pulses and various universal rotation pulses. The first part of this work is an extension of the systematic studies on broadband pulses. This time the GRAPE algorithm is used to design broadband 30° and 60° excitation pulses as well as universal rotation pulses with the same flip angles. Correlations bet