State-of-Art: High-Frequency EPR, ESE, ENDOR and ODMR in Wide-Band-Gap Semiconductors

  • Pavel G. Baranov
  • Hans Jürgen von Bardeleben
  • Fedor Jelezko
  • Jörg Wrachtrup
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Part of the Springer Series in Materials Science book series (SSMATERIALS, volume 253)

Abstract

Silver halides have unique features in solid state physics because their properties are considered to be of borderline nature between ionic and covalent bonding.

Keywords

Electron Paramagnetic Resonance Electron Paramagnetic Resonance Spectrum Electron Paramagnetic Resonance Signal Electron Paramagnetic Resonance Line ENDOR Spectrum 
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Authors and Affiliations

  • Pavel G. Baranov
    • 1
  • Hans Jürgen von Bardeleben
    • 2
  • Fedor Jelezko
    • 3
  • Jörg Wrachtrup
    • 4
  1. 1.Laboratory of Microwave Spectroscopy of CrystalsIoffe InstituteSt. PetersburgRussia
  2. 2.Institut des Nanosciences de Paris-INSPUniversité Pierre et Marie Curie and UMR 7588 au CNRSParisFrance
  3. 3.Institut für QuantenoptikUniversität UlmUlmGermany
  4. 4.Physikalisches InstitutUniversität StuttgartStuttgartGermany

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