Measurements of electron-spin density near Co atoms in Cu

David V. Lang, David C. Lo, James B. Boyce, and Charles P. Slichter
Phys. Rev. B 9, 3077 – Published 1 April 1974
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Abstract

We report nuclear-magnetic-resonance studies of Cu Co in which we resolve and identify satellites due to three shells of Cu near neighbors around isolated Co impurities. The satellite positions show that the spatial form of the spin polarization oscillates with distance and that the conduction electrons on these atoms contribute about —8% of the total impurity susceptibility. The splittings are measured from 1.5 to 450°K and from 6.4 to 63 kG and compared with the susceptibility χ of singles. The width of the main line is decomposed into contributions Δ1 and Δ2 from isolated Co atoms and pairs of Co atoms, respectively, by use of the temperature variation of the splitting and of the pair susceptibility χ2. the theory of Walstedt and Walker is used to show that Δ1 agrees with what one would expect from the satellite splittings, and that Δ1Δ2 is reasonable in terms of the magnitude and temperature dependence of χ1 and χ2. The results are scaled to CuFe to show that much of the observed linewidth anomaly is of the same origin, and must be included before possible conclusions can be made about Kondo correlation effects.

  • Received 20 September 1973

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.9.3077

©1974 American Physical Society

Authors & Affiliations

David V. Lang, David C. Lo, James B. Boyce, and Charles P. Slichter

  • Department of Physics and Materials Research Laboratory, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois 61801

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Vol. 9, Iss. 7 — 1 April 1974

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