Single-shot nuclear magnetization recovery curves with force-gradient detection

We measure the spin-lattice relaxation time as a function of sample temperature in GaAs in a real-time single-shot inversion recovery experiment using spin force gradients acting on a magnetic tipped cantilever. After inverting Ga spins localized near the magnet with a single 20 ms adiabatic rapid passage sweep, the spins' magnetization recovery was passively tracked by recording the cantilever's frequency change, which is proportional to the longitudinal component of the spins' magnetization. The cantilever's frequency was recorded for a time 3*T for sample temperatures ranging from 4.8 to 25 K. The temperature dependence was observed for the Ga quadrupolar relaxation interaction.