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Spin Hamiltonian of Cr 3+ in a Strained Ruby Crystal
Author(s) -
Lacroix R.
Publication year - 1987
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.2221410224
Subject(s) - corundum , hamiltonian (control theory) , crystal (programming language) , condensed matter physics , physics , materials science , chemistry , crystallography , mineralogy , mathematics , mathematical optimization , computer science , programming language
As an application of the theory of the ligand field in a strained corundum crystal previously published, the spin Hamiltonian of Cr 3+ in strained ruby is written down. Numerical calculations are performed, which show that the effect of the internal strains is by no means negligible.