Yu. V. Piskunov

Magnetic structure of low-dimensional LiCu2O2 multiferroic according to 63,65Cu and 7Li NMR studies

The complex NMR study of the magnetic structure of LiCu2O2 multiferroic has been performed. It has been shown that the spin spirals in LiCu2O2 are beyond the ab, bc, and ac crystallographic planes. The external magnetic field applied along the c axis of the crystal does not change the spatial orientation of spirals in Cu2+ chains. A magnetic field of H0 = 94 kOe applied along the a and b axes rotates the planes of spin spirals in chains, tending to orient the normal n of spirals along the external magnetic field. The rotation angle of the planes of the magnetic moments are maximal at H0 ‖ b.

Spin susceptibility of Ga-stabilized δ-Pu probed by 69Ga NMR

Spin susceptibility of stabilized \delta phase in the Pu-Ga alloy is studied by measuring {69,71}^Ga NMR spectra and nuclear spin-lattice relaxation rate {69}T_{1}^{-1} in the temperature range 5 - 350 K. The shift ({69}^K) of the {69,71}^Ga NMR line and {69}^T_{1}^{-1} are controlled correspondingly by the static and the fluctuating in time parts of local magnetic field arisen at nonmagnetic gallium due to transferred hyperfine coupling with the nearest f electron environment of the more magnetic Pu. The nonmonotonic with a maximum around 150 K behavior of {69}^K(T) \chi_{s,5f}(T) is attributed to the peculiarities in temperature dependence of the f electron spin susceptibility \chi_{s,5f}(T) in \delta phase of plutonium. The temperature reversibility being observed in {69}^K(T) data provides strong evidence for an electronic instability developed with T in f electron bands near the Fermi energy and accompanied with a pseudogap-like decrease of \chi_{s,5f}(T) at T<150 K. The NMR data at high temperature are in favor of the mainly localized character of 5f electrons in \delta phase of the alloy with characteristic spin-fluctuation energy \Gamma(T) T^{0.35(5)}, which is close to

Features of the magnetic state of ƒ electrons in the stabilized δ phase of the Pu0.95Ga0.05 alloy

\Gamma(T) T^{0.5} predicted by Cox et al. [J. Appl. Phys. 57, 3166 (1985)] for 3D Kondo-system above T_Kondo}. The dynamic spin correlations of 5f electrons become essential to consider for {69}^T_{1}^{-1}(T) only at T<100 K. However, no NMR evidences favoring formation of the static magnetic order in \delta-Pu were revealed down to 5K .

73Ge NMR spectra in germanium single crystals with different isotopic composition

For the Pu0.95Ga0.05 alloy belonging to the stabilized δ phase of the Pu-Ga system, the 69Ga NMR spectra are measured in the temperature interval 10–650 K and the static magnetic susceptibility χ is measured in the interval T = 20–350 K. In the region T > T* = 235 K, the temperature-dependent magnetic part of the shift K(T) of the Ga NMR line reproduces the χ(T) dependence and follows the Curie-Weiss law K(T) ∼ (T + Θ)−1 with Θ = 280(40) K, which is typical of incoherent spin fluctuations of localized ƒ electrons in concentrated nonmagnetic Kondo systems. The estimate of the effective magnetic moment μeff, 5ƒ(ge = 2) = 0.15(5)μB per Pu atom testifies to a strong suppression of the spin magnetism in the alloy, where the configuration of the ƒ shell of a Pu ion is close to atomic-like ƒ6. The difference between the K(T) and χ(T) dependences observed for the alloy in the temperature range T < T* is analyzed in terms of the two-fluid description of Kondo lattices developed by Pines et al. [15, 16] in application to the coherent state of a heavy-fermion liquid. Possible causes for the anomalous increase in long-wave contributions in the spatial dispersion of the localized spin susceptibility component of ƒ electrons χƒƒ at temperatures below 50 K are discussed.

Magnetic structure of the low-dimensional magnet NaCu2O2: 63,65Cu and 23Na NMR studies

We have studied the influence of isotopic disorder on the local deformations in Ge single crystals from both experimental and calculation points of view. The nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectra of73Ge nuclei (the nuclear spin equals 9/2) in perfect single crystals of germanium with different isotopic content were measured at temperatures 80, 300 and 450 K. Abnormal broadening of the spectrum was found to occur when the magnetic field was aligned along the [111] axis of a crystal. The observed specific angular dependence of the quadrupole broadening was attributed to isotopic disorder among atoms of germanium sited around the73Ge NMR probe. Local lattice deformations in germanium crystal lattice due to isotopic impurity atoms were calculated in the framework of the adiabatic bond charge model. The results obtained were applied to study random noncubic crystal field interactions with the nuclear quadrupole moments and corresponding effects in NMR spectra. Simulated second and fourth moments of resonance frequency distributions caused by the magnetic dipole-dipole and electric quadrupole interactions are used to analyze the lineshapes, theoretical predictions agree qualitatively with the experimental data.

53Cr NMR study of CuCrO2 multiferroic

The magnetic structure of a quasi-one-dimensional frustrated NaCu2O2 magnet single crystal is studied by NMR. The spatial orientation of the planar spin spirals in the copper-oxygen Cu2+-O chains is determined, and its evolution as a function of the applied magnetic field direction is analyzed.

Helical magnetic structure in a quasi-one-dimensional LiCu2O2 multiferroic crystal according to 63,65Cu NMR studies

The magnetically ordered phase of the CuCrO2 single crystal has been studied by the nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) method on 53Cr nuclei in the absence of an external magnetic field. The 53Cr NMR spectrum is observed in the frequency range νres = 61–66 MHz. The shape of the spectrum depends on the delay tdel between pulses in the pulse sequence τπ/2–tdel–τπ–tdel–echo. The spin–spin and spin–lattice relaxation times have been measured. Components of the electric field gradient, hyperfine fields, and the magnetic moment on chromium atoms have been estimated.

17O NMR IN HIGH-TC SUPERCONDUCTOR TL2BA2CACU2OY

The NMR spectra of 63Cu and 65Cu natural copper isotopes in a LiCu2O2 multiferroic single crystal compound have been measured above and below the temperature of magnetic phase transition (Tc = 23 K) in zero magnetic field and in applied magnetic field H0 = 94 kOe parallel to the c axis of the crystal. In LiCu2O2 below Tc, a complicated helical magnetic structure with the magnetic moment of copper ions Cu2+ varying along the chain according to the harmonic law with the wave vector being incommensurate to the crystal lattice constants has been revealed. The experimental results have been successfully interpreted using the model based on the planar helical magnetic structure. It has been found that the plane of rotation for Cu2+ magnetic moments in LiCu2O2 does not coincide at H0 = 0 with the ab plane. The high magnetic field (H0 = 94 kOe) applied along the c axis of the single crystal does not affect the spatial orientation of the plane of rotation.

Specific features of magnetic order in a multiferroic compound CuCrO2 determined using NMR and NQR data for 63, 65Cu nuclei

Abstract 17 O NMR measurements have been performed between 10 and 400 K on an overdoped sample of Tl 2 Ba 2 CaCu 2 O y ( T c = 103 K). The electric field gradient parameters were deduced for all the oxygen sites. The temperature dependence of the magnetic hyperfine shift was measured for all these sites. No thermal variation of the shift was detected down to T c for oxygen in the TlO reservoir plane. As for oxygen in the CuO 2 plane the temperature dependence of the shift is similar to that for 205 Tl NMR line from thallium defects in the Ca layer measured in the same powder sample. This similarity is consistent with the single spin fluid model. The spin contribution to 17 K iso ( T ) and magnetic hyperfine constant 17 A iso were deduced.

NMR study of the paramagnetic state of low-dimensional magnets LiCu2O2 and NaCu2O2

Results of studying the paramagnetic and ordered phases of a CuCrO2 single crystal using nuclear magnetic and nuclear quadrupole resonances on 63,65Cu nuclei are presented. The measurements have been carried out in wide ranges of temperature (T = 4.2–300 K) and magnetic-field strength (Н = 0–94 kOe), with the magnetic fields being directed along a and c axes of the crystal. The components of the electric-field gradient tensor and the magnetic-shift tensor (Ka,c) have been determined. The temperature dependences Ka(H || a) and Kc(H || c) for the paramagnetic phase are described by the Curie–Weiss law and reproduce the behavior of the magnetic susceptibility (χa,c). The hyperfine field on a copper nucleus has been determined, which is equal to hhfa,c= 33 kOe/μB. Below the temperature ТN = 23.6 K, nuclear magnetic resonance and nuclear quadrupole resonance spectra for 63,65Cu nuclei have been recorded typical of helical magnetic structures, which are incommensurable with the lattice period.