ISSN:
1573-4803
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Mechanical Engineering, Materials Science, Production Engineering, Mining and Metallurgy, Traffic Engineering, Precision Mechanics
Notes:
Abstract Line broadening has been observed at 9 GHz in the ESR absorption spectrum of Cr3+ in MgO in the liquid helium temperature range, for a range of Cr3+ concentrations from 800 7400 ppm. The broadened linewidths at 4.2 K are about two times larger than those at 77 K and depend on polar angle. The lineshapes are Gaussian, in contrast to the Lorentzian lineshape between 293 and 77 K. The broadening is interpreted by the combined effects of strain, due to the charge misfit of Cr3+ and the host cation, and temperature which causes both exchange striction and departure from the cubic symmetry to a lower symmetry. Analysis of the linewidth data gives ΔD=(5.25±0.40)×10−4 cm−1 and confirms that the total linewidth, ΔH t, is given by ΔH t=ΔH 0+∥(2ΔD/gβ) cos θ H∥ where ΔH 0 is the linewidth independent of concentration, temperature and polar angle, θ H.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00550373
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