Electron paramagnetic resonance of mn²⁺ in single crystals of Cesium Sulphate

Abstract

Electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) of divalent manganese ion has been studied at 9.5 KMc/sec. These studies reveal that Mn²⁺ ion substitutes at a β-Cs⁺ site and gets associated with a vacancy at a neighbouring β-Cs⁺ site in the aft-plane. Thez-axis of this ββ complex makes an angle of 25° with the crystallographicb-axis. The spectra observed have been described by the spin-Hamiltonian for Mn²⁺ in rhombic crystalline field. The temperature dependence of the parameters D and E has been studied in the range 293°–77° K. The spectra for the observed complex along its three-principal axes have been analysed using second order perturbation equations. The spin-Hamiltonian parameters obtained from the spectra taken at room temperature are:

$$\begin{gathered} g_z = 2 \cdot 000 \pm 0 \cdot 003, g_x = 2 \cdot 015 \pm 0 \cdot 003, g_y = 2 \cdot 000 \pm 0 \cdot 003; \hfill \\ A_z = - 93 \pm 1, A_x = - 91 \pm 1, and A_y = - 91 \pm 1 G; \hfill \\ D = - 941 \pm 3 and E = - 14 \pm 4 G; \hfill \\ b^\circ _4 = \left( {0 \cdot 0} \right), b_4 ^2 = \left( {13} \right), and b_4 ^4 = - 77 \pm 5 G \hfill \\ \end{gathered} $$