Nuclear magnetic resonance on oriented rare-earth nuclei in rare-earth hosts: Application to 160Tb.
We summarize the application of nuclear magnetic resonance of oriented nuclei to rare-earth impurities implanted in ferromagnetic crystals of heavy rare-earth hosts. The experimental aspects are treated in some detail; we present results obtained on $^{160}\mathrm{Tb}$$\mathrm{Tb}$, and give a formal description of the experiments. A discussion of extension to other, similar systems with applications in nuclear, solid-state, and low-temperature physics is given.
Nuclear resonance studies of95NbFe
Dilute alloys of 35-day95Nb in polycrystalline iron have been studied by nuclear magnetic resonance on oriented nuclei (NMR/ON) using frequency modulation and fast passage techniques. Comparison of resonance frequencies with nuclear orientation results confirms the spin 9/2 for the95Nb ground state. The zero-field resonance frequency is 275.29(9) MHz, leading to ag-factor of 1.3653(25) if the hyperfine field from spin-echo measurements on93NbFe is used. Relaxation times, line shapes, and the frequencyversus field behavior are discussed. A summary of data for CoFe alloys, used here for calibration purposes, is also given.
Nuclear orientation study of182Ta in 2H-TaS2
Quadrupole-interaction nuclear orientation experiments have been performed on182Ta (jπ=3−1; T1/2=115d) in 2H-TaS2. γ-anisotropies up to ∼ 30 % have been observed at a temperature of ∼ 8 mK, which, however, is only about half of the value expected taking into account known results of TDPAC measurements on181Ta in 2H-TaS2. In principle, matrices of dichalcogenides could be well suited for nuclear quadrupole resonance on oriented nuclei (NQR-ON) experiments.