Muon spin rotation studies of spin dynamics at avoided level crossings in LiY0.998Ho0.002F4

Autor: M J, Graf, J, Lago, A, Lascialfari, A, Amato, C, Baines, S R, Giblin, J S, Lord, A M, Tkachuk, B, Barbara
Rok vydání: 2007
Zdroj: Physical review letters. 99(26)
ISSN: 0031-9007
Popis: We have studied the Ho3+ spin dynamics for LiY0.998Ho0.002F4 via the positive muon (mu+) transverse field depolarization rate lambdaTF as a function of temperature and magnetic field. We find sharp minima in lambdaTF(H) at fields for which the Ho3+ ion system has field-induced (avoided) level crossings. The reduction scales with calculated level repulsions, suggesting that mu+ depolarization by slow fluctuations of nonresonant Ho3+ spin states is partly suppressed when resonant tunneling opens new fluctuation channels at frequencies much greater than the muon precession frequency.
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