ESR study of exchange coupled pairs in copper diethyldithiocarbamate-explanation of the low temperature hyperfine anomaly

Manjunath, C. V. ; Santosh, Kumari ; Srinivasan, R. (1977) ESR study of exchange coupled pairs in copper diethyldithiocarbamate-explanation of the low temperature hyperfine anomaly Pramana - Journal of Physics, 9 (3). pp. 286-293. ISSN 0304-4289

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Abstract

A study of the hyperfine interaction in the ESR of Cu-Cu pairs in single crystals of copper diethyldithiocarbamate as a function of temperature has shown distinct differences in the hyperfine structure in the two fine structure transitions at 20 K, the spectrum not having the same hyperfine intensity pattern in the low field fine structure transition in contrast to that of the high field transition. The details of the structure of both the fine structure transitions in the 20 K spectrum have now been explained by recognizing the fact that the mixing of the nuclear spin states caused by the anisotropic hyperfine interaction affects the electron spin states |+1> and |-1> differently. This has incidentally led to a determination of the sign of D confirming the earlier model. The anomalous hyperfine structure is found to become symmetric at 77 K and 300 K. It is proposed that the reason for this lies in the dynamics of spin-lattice interaction which limits the lifetime of the spin states in each of the electronic levels |-1>, |0> and |+1>. The estimate of spin-lattice relaxation time agrees with those indicated from other studies. The model proposed here for the hyperfine interaction of pairs in the electronic triplet state is of general validity.

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Keywords:Electron Spin Resonance; Exchange Interaction; Copper Diethyldithiocarbamate; Anisotropic Hyperfine Interaction; Hyperfine Intensity Pattern; Mixing of Nuclear States; Spin-lattice Interaction
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