SORDOR pulses: expansion of the Böhlen–Bodenhausen scheme for low-power broadband magnetic resonance

A novel type of efficient broadband pulse, called second-order phase dispersion by optimised rotation (SORDOR), has recently been introduced. In contrast to adiabatic excitation, SORDOR-90 pulses provide effective transverse 90 [Formula: see text] rotations throughout their bandwidth, with a quadratic offset dependence of the phase in the [Formula: see text] plane. Together with phase-matched SORDOR-180 pulses, this enables the Böhlen–Bodenhausen broadband refocusing approach for linearly frequency-swept pulses to be extended to any type of 90 [Formula: see text] /180 [Formula: see text] pulse–delay sequence. Example pulse shapes are characterised in theory and experiment, and an example application is given with a [Formula: see text] -PROJECT experiment for measuring relaxation times with reduced distortions due to [Formula: see text] -coupling evolution.