Abstract: | The ESR spectrum of La3Ga5SiO14 single crystals activated by chromium ions is investigated. It is shown that chromium ions are incorporated into the La3Ga5SiO14 crystal lattice in the trivalent state at laoctahedric positions. Orientations of the principal magnetic axes are determined,
and parameters of the spin Hamiltonian are estimated. The effect of disorder of the crystal structure of the matrix on line
widths and shapes of the ESR spectrum of impurity Cr3+ ions is discussed.
I. Franko L’vov State University, 50, Dragomilov St., L’vov, 290005, Ukraine. Translated from Zhurnal Prikladnoi Spektroskopii,
Vol. 65, No. 6, pp. 942–946, November–December, 1998. |