Spin relaxation of the 171Yb3+ ion in the Y228SiO5 crystal
https://doi.org/10.26907/mrsej-20201
Abstract
Pulse methods of electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) are used to measure relaxation behavior and crystal environment of 171Yb impurity ions in a single crystal of yttrium orthosilicate (Y2SiO5) grown with an isotopically pure 28Si with a zero value of the nuclear spin. It is shown that for an ytterbium ion substituting an yttrium ion in a six-fold oxygen environment, the spin-lattice relaxation time is approximately an order of magnitude greater than that for the ytterbium ion substituting an yttrium ion in a seven-fold oxygen environment. Measurements of the phase relaxation times by two-pulse Hahn echo and Carr-Purcell-Meiboom-Gill (CPMG) multiple pulse sequence revealed strong influence of spectral diffusion on the time of phase relaxation at temperatures less than 9 K. Two magnetically different ytterbium paramagnetic centers were definitely attributed to two structurally different ytterbium positions in the Y2SiO5 crystal lattice relative by the electron spin echo envelope modulation (ESEEM) method. Based on the data obtained, the most probable location of the 171Yb3+ ion in the Y2SiO5 crystal lattice was determined.
Keywords
orthosilicate crystals,
EPR,
optical materials,
ytterbium ion,
spin-spin relaxation time,
spin-lattice relaxation time
Supporting agencies: This work was supported by the Russian Science Foundation (project no. 16-12-00041).
About the Authors
R. F. Likerov
Zavoisky Physical-Technical Institute, Federal Research Center "Kazan Scientific Center of RAS"
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Sibirsky tract, 10/7, Kazan, 420029
V. F. Tarasov
Zavoisky Physical-Technical Institute, Federal Research Center "Kazan Scientific Center of RAS"
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Sibirsky tract, 10/7, Kazan, 420029
A. V. Shestakov
Zavoisky Physical-Technical Institute, Federal Research Center "Kazan Scientific Center of RAS"
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Sibirsky tract, 10/7, Kazan, 420029
R. M. Eremina
Zavoisky Physical-Technical Institute, Federal Research Center "Kazan Scientific Center of RAS"
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Sibirsky tract, 10/7, Kazan, 420029
Yu. D. Zavartsev
Prokhorov General Physics Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Vavilova St., 38, Moscow, 119991
S. A. Kutovoi
Prokhorov General Physics Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Vavilova St., 38, Moscow, 119991
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Likerov R.F., Tarasov V.F., Shestakov A.V., Eremina R.M., Zavartsev Yu.D., Kutovoi S.A. Spin relaxation of the 171Yb3+ ion in the Y228SiO5 crystal. Magnetic Resonance in Solids. 2020;22(2):20201 (11 pp.). https://doi.org/10.26907/mrsej-20201
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