A pulsed EPR method for the determination of small hyperfine interacti
ons in disordered systems is described. A selective preparation pulse
of frequency omega(mw)(1) excites allowed and forbidden transitions, t
hereby burning spectral holes into the EPR line. The positions of the
holes caused by the excitation of forbidden transitions correspond to
the nuclear transition frequencies of the spin system. A selective det
ection pulse of frequency omega(mw)(2) creates an FID with integrated
intensity proportional to the magnetization at frequency omega(mw)(2).
The entire hole pattern is obtained by recording the integrated inten
sity of the FID while varying the frequency difference DELTAomega(mw),
= omega(mw)(1)-omega(mw)(1)-omega(mw)(2) step by step.