Detailed single crystal EPR lineshape measurements for the single molecule magnets Fe8Br and Mn12-ac

Details Detailed single crystal EPR lineshape measurements for the single molecule magnets Fe8Br and Mn12-ac Detailed single crystal EPR lineshape measurements for the single molecule magnets Fe8Br and Mn12-ac

2001-12-10

arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0112172v2

Physics

Condensed Matter

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics

Phys. Rev. B, accepted with minor revisions

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevB.65.224410

It is shown that our multi-high-frequency (40-200 GHz) resonant cavity technique yields distortion-free high field EPR spectra for single crystal samples of the uniaxial and biaxial spin S = 10 single molecule magnets (SMMs) [Mn12O12(CH3COO)16(H2O)4].2CH3COOH.4H2O and [Fe8O2(OH)12(tacn)6]Br8.9H2O. The observed lineshapes exhibit a pronounced dependence on temperature, magnetic field, and the spin quantum numbers (Ms values) associated with the levels involved in the transitions. Measurements at many frequencies allow us to separate various contributions to the EPR linewidths, including significant D-strain, g-strain and broadening due to the random dipolar fields of neighboring molecules. We also identify asymmetry in some of the EPR lineshapes for Fe8, and a previously unobserved fine structure to some of the EPR lines for both the Fe8 and Mn12 systems. These findings prove relevant to the mechanism of quantum tunneling of magnetization in these SMMs.

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