EPR Studies of Mn<sup>2+</sup> in SnTe and PbTe Crystals

Masasi Inoue, Hisao Yagi, Toshiaki Muratani, Toshiaki Tatsukawa

Journal of the Physical Society of Japan · 1976 · 24 citations · 8 references

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Abstract

The paramagnetic resonance has been measured on Mn ions (0.02–2.2 at%) in p -type SnTe crystals with carrier density 1.2–2×10 20 cm -3 , and partly in n -type PbTe crystals, over the temperature range 120–480 K. For low Mn contents the hyperfine interaction constants A were found to be 56.0±0.2×10 -4 cm -1 for SnTe and 61.0±0.2×10 -4 cm -1 for PbTe, and the Debye temperatures θ were estimated from their temperature dependence; θ=200 K for SnTe and 110 K for PbTe. It was found that the g -values of SnTe (approximately g =2) were almost independent of temperature and Mn content. Finally, the susceptibility data of SnTe with 0.88 and 2.2 at% Mn are presented to show some possibility of magnetic inclusions in the grown crystal.

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