Local Magnetic Fields in Some Bismuth-Based Diamagnets

Evidence that local ordered magnetic fields from 30 to 250 G exist in bismuth-based diamagnetic compounds comprising neither d- nor f-elements was given by 209Bi NQR spectroscopy and supported by SQUID measurements of α-Bi2O3. The NQR experiments involved a study of the zero-field line shapes, analysis of the Zeeman-perturbed patterns, and examination of the zero-field spin-echo envelopes in single crystals and powders. The results of the experiments followed by computer modeling of the observed spectra were interpreted assuming that ordered magnetic fields are located at the bismuth sites in α-Bi2O3, Bi3O4Br, Bi2Al4O9, Bi4Ge3O12, Bi2Ge3O9 and perhaps in Bi3B5O12. A survey of the related 209Bi NQR data is here presented.