Published 1979 | Version v1
Journal article

Observation of the Er3+ GAMMA8 groundstate ESR-resonance in YAl2 single crystals

  • 1. Freie Univ. Berlin (Germany, F.R.). Inst. fuer Atom- und Festkoerperphysik
  • 2. DPMC, Ecole de Physique, Geneva (Switzerland)

Description

It is shown that the groundstate of Er3+ in YAl2 is a GAMMA8. The experiments were performed for a concentration of approx. 1000 ppm. The crystal field parameters yields x = + 0.23

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
J. Phys. (Paris), Colloq.
Journal Issue
no.5
Series
J. Phys. (Paris), Colloq.

Conference

Title
International colloquium on physics of metallic rare earths.
Dates
4 - 7 Sep 1978.
Place
Saint-Pierre-de-Chartreuse, France.