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Anisotropic Spin‐Orbit Coupling Contribution to the Zero‐Field Splitting of 3d 5 Ions
Author(s) -
Lowther J. E.
Publication year - 1973
Publication title -
physica status solidi (b)
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.51
H-Index - 109
eISSN - 1521-3951
pISSN - 0370-1972
DOI - 10.1002/pssb.2220580128
Subject(s) - ion , anisotropy , spin–orbit interaction , zero field splitting , coupling (piping) , physics , field (mathematics) , orbit (dynamics) , atomic physics , zero (linguistics) , spin (aerodynamics) , crystal (programming language) , magnitude (astronomy) , condensed matter physics , quantum mechanics , materials science , mathematics , spin polarization , linguistics , aerospace engineering , pure mathematics , metallurgy , thermodynamics , programming language , electron , astronomy , philosophy , computer science , engineering
The crystal field potential contributes directly to the spin‐orbit interaction. Effective Hamiltonians describing this interaction are used to calculate the magnitude of this effect in the ground state splitting of 3d 5 ions. Numerical results are given for ZnF 2 :Mn 2+ .