Published February 8, 2006 | Version v1
Journal article

Spin-singlet contributions to zero-field splitting of a 3d4 ion at a distorted octahedral site and applications to Cr2+ ions in Rb2CrCl4 and CrF2

  • 1. Institute of Atomic and Molecular Physics, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610065 (China)
  • 2. International Centre for Materials Physics, Academia Sinica, Shenyang 110016 (China)
  • 3. CCAST (World Lab.), PO Box 8730, Beijing 100080 (China)
  • 4. Department of Physics, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610065 (China)

Description

The complete energy matrix including all the spin states is constructed for d4 ions in tetragonal symmetry within a strong-field representation. The excitation levels, fine-structure splitting, and EPR parameters in Rb2CrCl4 and CrF2 are studied with the energy matrix. The contributions of the spin singlets to zero-field splitting (ZFS) are investigated for the first time. The results show that the spin-singlet contribution to D is negligible, but the contributions to a and F cannot be neglected

Availability note (English)

Available online at http://stacks.iop.org/0953-8984/18/1705/cm6_5_023.pdf or at the Web site for the Journal of Physics. Condensed Matter (ISSN 1361-648X) http://www.iop.org/

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Journal of Physics. Condensed Matter
Journal Volume
18
Journal Issue
5
Journal Page Range
p. 1705-1713
ISSN
0953-8984
CODEN
JCOMEL