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NMR investigation of crystalline electric field effect on spin-spin relaxation in (Y/sub 1-x/RE/sub x/)Rh/sub 4/B/sub 4/

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OSTI ID:5867619
Pulsed and cw-NMR measurements of /sup 11/B have been used to study the spin dynamics of magnetic rare earth ions in (Y/sub 1-x/RE/sub x/)Rh/sub 4/B/sub 4/. We find the nuclear spin-lattice relaxation rate of /sup 11/B induced by RE = Tb, Dy and Ho moments to be exponential in -..delta../T in the normal state, where ..delta.. is the crystal field splitting of the first excited state. Anomalous temperature dependencies of the transverse relaxation time T/sub 2/, Knight shift and NMR line width in (Y/sub 1-x/Dy/sub x/) Rh/sub 4/B/sub 4/ are obtained in the temperature region where T/sub 1/ changes drastically. The results are discussed in terms of a model of the crystalline electric fields, in which thermal activation across ..delta.. must take place for the ..delta..m/sub J/ = +-1 transition to occur in highly anisotropic paramagnetic moments in the ternary superconductors.
Research Organization:
Argonne National Lab., IL (USA); Hokkaido Univ., Sapporo (Japan). Dept. of Physics
DOE Contract Number:
W-31109-ENG-38
OSTI ID:
5867619
Report Number(s):
CONF-8504115-3; ON: DE85010512
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English