Detection and decoherence of level-crossing resonances of 8Li in Cu

K. H. Chow*, A. I. Mansour, I. Fan, R. F. Kiefl, G. D. Morris, Z. Salman, T. Dunlop, W. A. MacFarlane, H. Saadaoui, O. Mosendz, B. Kardasz, B. Heinrich, J. Jung, C. D.P. Levy, M. R. Pearson, T. J. Parolin, D. Wang, M. D. Hossain, Q. Song, M. Smadella

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Abstract

Level-crossing resonances are observed for spin-polarized 8Li in copper at 200 K. The positions of the resonances as a function of magnetic field and crystal orientation are a precise measure of the induced quadrupolar interaction on the nearest-neighbor Cu spins and provide unambiguous evidence that 8Li occupies a substitutional site. The resonances are detected as enhancements in the 8Li spin relaxation rate and are much broader than predicted from a static spin Hamiltonian. A strong collision model is used to extract a decoherence time as a result of the dipolar coupling of the 8Li-Cu subsystem to the surrounding nuclear spin bath.

Original languageEnglish
Article number092103
JournalPhysical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics
Volume85
Issue number9
DOIs
StatePublished - 20 Mar 2012
Externally publishedYes

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
  • Condensed Matter Physics

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