Growth and EPR properties of ErVO4 single crystals

Leniec, Grzegorz; Kaczmarek, Sławomir M.; Berkowski, Marek; Głowacki, Michał; Skibiński, Tomasz; Bojanowski, Bohdan

doi:10.1515/nuka-2015-0072

Abstract

Single crystals of ErVO₄ were grown by the Czochralski method under ambient pressure in a nitrogen atmosphere. Obtained crystals were transparent with strong pink coloring. Electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) spectra were recorded as a function of the applied magnetic field. Temperature and angular dependences of the EPR spectra of the samples in the 3–300 K temperature range were analyzed applying both Lorentzian––Gauss approximation for diluted medium and Dyson for dense magnetic medium. EPR-NMR program was done to find local symmetry and spin Hamiltonian parameters of erbium ions.

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Growth and EPR properties of ErVO4 single crystals

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