Published October 15, 2009 | Version v1
Journal article

The g-value of Er3+ doped unfilled skutterudite CoSb3 (Th) reveals the existence of an additional sixth order term in the crystal field Hamiltonian

  • 1. Instituto de Fisica 'Gleb Wataghin', UNICAMP, Campinas-SP 13083-970 (Brazil)
  • 2. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Cientificas y Tecnicas and Centro Atomico Bariloche, S.C. de Bariloche, RN (Argentina)
  • 3. Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN 37831 (United States)
  • 4. Department of Physics, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL 32306 (United States)
  • 5. San Diego State University, San Diego, CA 92182 (United States)

Description

Electron spin resonance (ESR) experiments have been carried out in single crystals of the unfilled skutterudite CoSb3 doped with Er ions. The X- (9.5 GHz) and Q- (34.4 GHz) band spectra obtained at low temperature (4-20 K) shown a temperature independent g-value of 6.21(5). This g-value can only be explained with the addition of a second sixth order B6t(O62-O66) term to the usual cubic crystal field Hamiltonian. The ESR of Er3+ show the typical temperature dependence of the line-shape and line-width expected for insulating host.

Availability note (English)

Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.physb.2009.07.012

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Identifiers

DOI
10.1016/j.physb.2009.07.012;
PII
S0921-4526(09)00537-7;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Physica. B, Condensed Matter
Journal Volume
404
Journal Issue
19
Journal Page Range
p. 3035-3037
ISSN
0921-4526
CODEN
PHYBE3

Conference

Title
International conference on strongly correlated electron systems
Acronym
SCES 2008
Dates
17-22 Aug 2008
Place
Buzios (Brazil)

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