Softening of ionic crystals as a result of a change in the spin states of structural defects under paramagnetic resonance conditions

The purpose of this work was to investigate the plastic properties of Ca-or Eu-doped NaCl and KCl single crystals in crossed constant and microwave magnetic waves under paramagnetic resonance conditions. It was found that when the photon energy of the microwave field equals the Zeeman splitting of the electronic spin sublevels, resonance softening of the crystals, manifested as an increase in the free path of individual dislocations and the macroplastic flow velocity as well as a decrease of the microhardness of the crystals, is observed. It was established that metastable Ca-and Eu-impurity complexes, which are also sensitive to the constant magnetic field in the absence of the microwave field, as well as complexes formed by dislocations and point defects are responsible for resonance softening.     

Magnetic structure and transport properties of atomically disordered crystals of two-dimensional manganites La2−2x Sr1+2x Mn2O7

The magnetic structure and transport properties of partially disordered crystals of two-dimensional manganites La_2?2x Sr_1+2x Mn₂O₇ (x = 0.3, 0.4) are studied over a wide range of temperatures. The crystals are transformed into an atomically disordered state under irradiation with fast neutrons at a dose of 2 × 10¹⁹ cm^?2. The average concentration of substitutional defects in the crystal is ≈4%. It is found that substitutional defects are responsible for the transition of these manganites from the ferromagnetic metal state to the insulator state with a spin glass structure. The results obtained are discussed in terms of the ratio between the kinetic energy of charge carriers and the exchange energy of localized spins.     

Anti-Stokes Bands of Intrinsic Radiation in Undoped GaAs Crystals

It has been established that undoped gallium crystals exhibit anti-Stokes radiation with energy corresponding to the interband recombination of these crystals. Its appearance is most probably determined by EL2 defects, and its intensity depends on the product of the cross sections for photoionization of electrons and the holes from these defects.     

Disclinations in the nematic phase of a magnet with spin 1

Two-dimensional topological defects, spin disclinations, exist for a magnet with spin 1 and strong biquadratic interaction, in which the spin nematic state is realized. The spin disclinations have a nonsingular macroscopic core with a saturated magnetic moment and destroyed nematic order. These singular lines have common features with disclinations in nematic liquid crystals, singular disclinations in antiferromagnets, and magnetic vortices. However, significant differences of their properties from the above-mentioned topological defects also exist. The dynamic properties of a disclination in the spin nematic are characterized by the “freezing in the condensate” and by the gyroscopic force.     

Exact ground states of a frustrated 2D magnet: deconfined fractional excitations at a first-order quantum phase transition

We introduce a frustrated spin 1/2 Hamiltonian which is an extension of the two dimensional J1-J2 Heisenberg model. The ground states of this model are exactly obtained at a first-order quantum phase transition between two valence bond crystals. At this point, the low energy excitations are deconfined spinons and spin-charge separation occurs under doping in the limit of low concentration of holes. In addition, this point is characterized by the proliferation of topological defects.     

Rotational motion of F− off-center defects in NaBr

The correlation time τ of the rotational motion of dilute F^? off-center defects in NaBr single crystals was studied by nuclear spin relaxation between 1.4 and 70 K. Above 15 K, the motion was found to be thermally activated with an activation energy of 110 K. Below 15 K, a deviation from the Arrhenius behavior was observed, which results in a linear relation τ ∝ 1/T for T < 8 K. The data were interpreted in the framework of phonon-assisted tunneling models.     

Optical and ESR study of Nd:YAG transparent polycrystalline ceramics

In this Letter, ceramic Nd:YAG is charactrizeby electron spin resonance(ESR) measurements. The ESR results indicate that the polycrystalline ceramic Nd:YAG has barely native defects and impurity ions localization defects, compared to an Nd:YAG crystal with the same Nd doping concentration, due to its density structure by sintering in a vacuum pure raw material and additives during the fabrication. It may conclude that the high quality ceramic Nd:YAG may have greater ability on optical characteristic, mechanical performance,and laser damage than that of the crystals, which is a promising candidate to use on laser diode-pumped solid-state lasers.     

Classification of single-electron states in a crystal on the basis of spin space groups

It is shown that the symmetry of single-electron Hamiltonians, used traditionally in computations of the band structure of magnetically ordered crystals, is described completely by spin space groups for which independent transformations of the magnetic moment and lattice are allowable, to taking account of the spin-orbit interaction which yields a contribution to the energy of the magnetic anisotropy, the symmetry of the Hamiltonian is de scribed by a magnetic group, which is a subgroup of the spin space group. Cases of paramagnetic, ferromagnetic, and antiferro-magnetic crystals are discussed.Translated from Izvestiya Vysshikh Uchebnykh Zavedenii, Fizika, No. 9, pp. 20–25, September, 1979.     

二维磁振子晶体中点缺陷模的耦合性质研究

在超原胞近似下, 利用平面波展开法数值计算了多点缺陷的二维磁振子晶体带结构及其部分缺 陷模的磁化强度场分布. 研究结果表明, 点缺陷模间的能量发生了耦合, 使自旋波沿着缺陷方向传播. 利用该性质可将含多点缺陷体的二维磁 振子晶体作为自旋波导波器件的制作材料.     

The cooperative spin transition in [FexZn1 − x(ptz)6](BF4)2: II. Structural properties and calculation of the elastic interaction

The cooperativity of the thermal spin transition in the Fe(II) spincrossover compound [Fe(ptz)₆](BF₄)₂ (ptz = 1-propyltetrazole) and in isomorphous mixed crystals with the isostructural zinc complex is investigated. From powder X-ray measurements the lattice deformation (tensor ε) accompanying the spin transition is determined. For diluted mixed crystals with x < 0.44 the lattice deformation is directly related to the spin transition, whereas in concentrated mixed crystals with x > 0.44 a first order crystallographic phase transition (R3i → P1i) is observed on cooling, which is triggered by the spin transition and can be suppressed by cooling rapidly. The thermal spin transition is measured with UV/VIS optical absorption spectroscopy on mixed single crystals in the R3i structure. From this metal dilution experiment an interaction constant of 169 cm ^{? 1} for the cooperativity of the spin transition is determined. Furtheron, this interaction constant is calculated on the grounds of elasticity theory: The lattice deformation due to the spin transition is traced back to anisotropic elastic point defects, which directly interact with each other via their stress fields and indirectly via the surface of the elastic crystal by an image pressure. The elastic properties of the crystalline matrix are taken in the isotropic approximation. They are derived from the complete sets of anisotropic elastic constants of the pure iron and zinc compounds, which have been measured previously by Brillouin spectroscopy. The contribution of elastic energy calculated this way is ? 80% of the experimental value of the interaction constant, i.e. the cooperativity in crystalline spincrossover compounds is quantitatively of elastic nature.     

二维磁振子晶体中线缺陷模的性质及其应用

在超原胞近似下, 利用平面波展开法数值计算了含线缺陷结构的二维磁振子晶体带结构及缺陷模的磁化强度场分布. 研究结果表明, 线缺陷结构的引入会在禁带中产生一个小范围的通带, 即产生线缺陷模. 该模式的存在可使自旋波沿着线缺陷结构的方向传播, 利用此性质含线缺陷结构的二维磁振子晶体材料可作为自旋波导波器件的制作材料. 关键词： 磁振子晶体 线缺陷 波导     

Specific features of the temperature quenching of luminescence of self-trapped excitons in alkali halide crystals under low-temperature deformation

The activation energy of temperature quenching of luminescence of self-trapped excitons in alkali halide crystals subjected to low-temperature uniaxial deformation is evaluated experimentally. It is found that an increase in the activation energy is observed in the following series of crystals: KBr → NaCl → KI → NaBr → CsBr → RbI. The effect of enhancement of intrinsic luminescence of alkali halide crystals due to the lowering of the symmetry of the crystal lattice under low-temperature uniaxial deformation is interpreted by analyzing the observed increase in the activation energy that characterizes the height of the potential barrier separating channels of radiative and nonradiative decay (with the formation of radiation defects) of self-trapped excitons.     

Exciton binding energy in CdMnTe crystals

We report some results of magnetoabsorption and magnetoreflectivity measurements performed on CdMnTe crystals in magnetic field up to 30 T. The exciton energy at low fields in materials containing magnetic ions is calculated on the basis of the Altarelli-Lipari model and compared with the experimental results. It is shown that spin mixing in degenerate bands strongly affects magnetoabsorption.     

Low-temperature plasticity of pure parahydrogen

Stress-strain curves of single crystals of pure (99.9999 mol%) parahydrogen (p-H₂) were measured in the temperature range 1.8–4.2 K under conditions of stepped uniaxial stretching. The parahydrogen under study has a significantly decreased deuterium (stable isotope) content ([D]/[H] ～ 0.005–0.006 at %) as compared to the natural isotope composition. The deuterium content was decreased using for the first time a method in which parahydrogen was crystallized and then melted and the vapor thus obtained was distilled. It was revealed that the yield stress of the single crystals decreases anomalously as the temperature is decreased. The anomalous behavior indicates a coherent band motion of defects (most likely, dislocation kinks) resulting in low-temperature plasticity of the pure p-H₂ studied.     

Superconducting characteristics of (Bi, Pb)-2223 single crystals with controlled oxygen-content

Critical current density was measured for oxygen-controlled (Bi, Pb)-2223 single crystals before and after the irradiation with gold ions in a magnetic field parallel to the irradiation-induced defects along the c-axis. Eleven specimens prepared in different annealing conditions were measured. The condensation energy density of each specimen was evaluated from the observed critical current density by using the summation theory of pinning forces of columnar defects and the flux creep theory. It was found that the specimen heat-treated at 1 atm in oxygen atmosphere has the highest condensation energy density among all specimens. Hence, it is speculated that the optimum oxygen pressure for the anneal is around 1 atm.     

自旋对弱耦合库仑束缚磁极化子基态能量的影响

采用改进的线性组合算符和LLP正则变换方法,在计及反冲效应的情况下讨论了自旋对弱耦合库仑束缚磁极化子基态能量的影响。以GaP晶体为例进行计算,结果表明自旋对极化子基态能量的影响并不能总是忽略不计。自旋能是否可以忽略取决于能带电子的有效质量与自由电子的质量之比、晶体本身的性质、外磁场强度等因素。     

Parametric channeling and collapse of beams of charged particles with internal structure in crystals: 2. Parametric processes during channeling of atomic ions, nuclei, and relativistic electrons in crystals

Features of parametric effects during channeling of atomic ions, nuclei, and relativistic electrons (positrons) in crystals were considered. It was shown that parametric coupling between ion channeling states in the field of crystal axes and planes and electronic states in the ion volume leads to the possibility of “parametric collapse” of the beam, i.e., a decrease in the oscillation amplitude of the atomic ion in the channel due to periodic transfer of the ion oscillation energy to the inner electron of the atom. The same effect can be used to cool beams due to energy transfer to intrinsic nuclear states with low energy levels. It was shown that parametric cooling of beams with a decrease in the transverse energy can also occur during axial channeling of relativistic electron beams. This process results from the parametric coupling between channeling states, which are caused by the particle charge and electron spin states in an effective magnetic field induced in the moving coordinate system.     

NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IN FERROMAGNETS AND ANTIFERROMAGNETS

Abstract

The development of solid-state physics and, in particular, the investigation of magnetoordered crystals require the use of experimental methods that will yield information about the spatial distribution of electron and spin densities and about different branches of the energy spectrum in crystals. These data together with data on crystal symmetry provide important information that can be used to develop theories of the magnetoordered state. Nuclear magnetic resonance NMR) is one of the most fruitful methods for studying spatial distributions of local magnetic fields and spin density, electron-nuclear interactions, and the temperature dependence of magnetic moments. The nuclei are excellent natural probes that allow direct measurement of the properties of electron and spin systems of crystals. Of course, such measurements can only be made on nuclei that have magnetic moments.     

Influence of exciton-exciton interaction with spin paired charge carriers and exciton-lattice interaction on the surface properties of crystalline solids

Applying tight-binding approximation and spin pairing of like charge carriers in a pair of excitons created in a lattice, the possibility of forming a bound exciton-exciton state is studied. It is found that, provided there exists strong exciton-lattice interaction, such a bound state may be formed and its energy may lie within the valence band deforming the material into a crystalline solid with no energy gap. Lowering of the energy is calculated in naphthalene and anthracene crystals where some experimental results are known. The excess energy released after the formation of such bound state can be adequate, depending on the material, to desorb neutral atoms or eject of electrons from surfaces.     

Structural defects in molecular crystals based on heterospin copper complexes

Jumplike changes in the microhardness, sample dimensions, and parameters of the EPR spectrum were observed in molecular Cu(hfac)₂L^Et crystals undergoing a phase transition. Defects that appear upon plastic deformation (e.g., dislocations) and paramagnetic defects were revealed. The latter defects are likely breaks in polymer chains and can serve as spin marks for investigating the magnetic state of the crystal lattice.