Growth and EPR properties of ErVO4 single crystals
Leniec Grzegorz,
Kaczmarek Sławomir M.,
Berkowski Marek,
Głowacki Michał,
Skibiński Tomasz,
Bojanowski Bohdan
Affiliations
Leniec Grzegorz
Institute of Physics, Department of Mechanical Engineering and Mechatronics, West Pomeranian University of Technology, 48 Piastów Ave., 70-310 Szczecin, Poland
Kaczmarek Sławomir M.
Institute of Physics, Department of Mechanical Engineering and Mechatronics, West Pomeranian University of Technology, 48 Piastów Ave., 70-310 Szczecin, Poland
Berkowski Marek
Institute of Physics of the Polish Academy of Sciences, 32/46 Lotników Ave., 02-668 Warsaw, Poland
Głowacki Michał
Institute of Physics of the Polish Academy of Sciences, 32/46 Lotników Ave., 02-668 Warsaw, Poland
Skibiński Tomasz
Institute of Physics, Department of Mechanical Engineering and Mechatronics, West Pomeranian University of Technology, 48 Piastów Ave., 70-310 Szczecin, Poland
Bojanowski Bohdan
Institute of Physics, Department of Mechanical Engineering and Mechatronics, West Pomeranian University of Technology, 48 Piastów Ave., 70-310 Szczecin, Poland
Single crystals of ErVO4 were grown by the Czochralski method under ambient pressure in a nitrogen atmosphere. Obtained crystals were transparent with strong pink coloring. Electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) spectra were recorded as a function of the applied magnetic field. Temperature and angular dependences of the EPR spectra of the samples in the 3–300 K temperature range were analyzed applying both Lorentzian––Gauss approximation for diluted medium and Dyson for dense magnetic medium. EPR-NMR program was done to find local symmetry and spin Hamiltonian parameters of erbium ions.
