LOCALIZED MODES AND SPIN-LATTICE INTERACTIONS

Abstract

Localized lattice modes can contribute to the strain at a paramagnetic impurity and thus influence the spin-lattice interaction. Their contribution to the spin relaxation is estimated. It is governed by the rate with which a local mode attains equilibrium with the phonon continuum, estimated in a previous paper. Studies of the spin relaxation of paramagnetic substitutional impurities, lighter than the parent atom, should yield information about the nature of local modes. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 16, 1962
Accession Number
AD0276961

Entities

People

  • P.g. Klemens

Organizations

  • Westinghouse Electric Corporation

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Impurities

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Materials Science and Engineering.