Nuclear Orientation Studies of Magnetic Materials.

Authors :: Turrell, B.
Source :: Hyperfine Interactions; Mar2001, Vol. 133 Issue 1-4, p95-103, 9p
Publication Year :: 2001
Abstract: Low temperature nuclear orientation (LTNO) and nuclear magnetic resonance on oriented nuclei (NMRON) can be utilized to investigate the magnetic properties of solids, and are especially useful when high sensitivity is required, for example in the study of small or dilute systems. Spins of stable isotopes can also be studied using NMR thermally detected by NO (NMR-TDNO) of the radioactive nuclei. An effect of nuclear spin coupling in ordered magnets is “frequency pulling” of the abundant spins, and this has been investigated in the quasi-2-dimensional ferromagnet <superscript>54</superscript>Mn–Mn(COOCH<subscript>3</subscript>)<subscript>2</subscript>⋅4H<subscript>2</subscript>O by comparing the NMRON of the dilute radioactive nuclei with the NMR-TDNO of the abundant host nuclei. A structure in the spectra is observed that is yet to be explained. Recent LTNO experiments on magnetic multilayers are described. Experiments implanting radioactive ions into insulating magnets show that the implanted nuclei experience sizeable hyperfine fields, and this may be useful for probing magnetic materials that are difficult to dope by conventional means. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]