NMR of <sup>165</sup>Ho in an epitaxially grown lamina of dysprosium
R G Graham; J W Ross; D St P Bunbury; M A H McCausland; R C C Ward; M R Wells; R G Graham; Schuster Lab., Manchester Univ., UK; J W Ross; Schuster Lab., Manchester Univ., UK; D St P Bunbury; Schuster Lab., Manchester Univ., UK; M A H McCausland; Schuster Lab., Manchester Univ., UK; R C C Ward; Schuster Lab., Manchester Univ., UK; M R Wells; Schuster Lab., Manchester Univ., UK
Журнал:
Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter
Дата:
1993-12-06
Аннотация:
We have studied the field dependence of the hyperfine splitting of holmium as a dilute substituent in a lamina of dysprosium prepared by molecular-beam epitaxy. The measurements were made by spin-echo NMR at temperatures below 2 K and in fields up to 8 T. In fields above 3 T we obtain sharp seven-line spectra which are characteristic of <sup>165</sup>Ho in fully polarized holmium ions in a ferromagnetically ordered host medium. The resolution is markedly superior to that obtained in bulk rare-earth alloys and has enabled us to resolve features hitherto unmeasurable. The form of the zero-field spectrum suggests that helimagnetic and ferromagnetic phases coexist in the zero-field-cooled material. Magnetization measurements support this interpretation.
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