EARLY MAGNETIC-RESONANCE EXPERIMENTS - ROOTS AND OFFSHOOTS

In 1937 I. I. Rabi described the fundamental theory for magnetic resonance experiments in his great paper “Space Quantization in a Gyrating Magnetic Field.” This theory stimulated many subsequent developments, including molecular‐beam magnetic resonance, radiofrequency spectroscopy, nuclear magnetic resonance, masers and atomic clocks. Its imprint now stamps a tremendous range of experimental techniques and technological applications.Branches of this fruitful tree led to masers, radiofrequency spectroscopy, the frequency standard and nuclear magnetic resonance imaging. © 1993, American Institute of Physics. All rights reserved.