[ $^{11}B$ ] Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Study of Spin Structures in Terbium Tetraboride

  • Mean, B.J. (Department of Physics, Konkuk University) ;
  • Kang, K.H. (Department of Physics, Konkuk University) ;
  • Kim, J.H. (Department of Physics, Konkuk University) ;
  • Hyun, I.N. (Department of Physics, Konkuk University) ;
  • Lee, Moo-Hee (Department of Physics, Konkuk University) ;
  • Cho, B.K. (Center for Frontier Materials, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, GIST)
  • Published : 2006.12.20

Abstract

[ $^{11}B$ ] nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) measurements were performed on the single crystals of $TbB_4$ to investigate local electronic structure and 4f spin dynamics. $^{11}B$ NMR spectrum, Knight shift, spin-lattice and spin-spin relaxation rates were measured down to 4K at 8T. $^{11}B$ NMR shift and linewidth are huge and strongly temperature dependent due to the 4f moments. In addition, both are proportional to magnetic susceptibility, indicating that the hyperfine field at the boron site originates from the 4f spins of Tb. Below $T_N$, the single broad resonance peak of $^{11}B$ NMR splits into several peaks reflecting the local magnetic fields due to antiferromagnetic spin arrangements. The longitudinal and the transverse relaxation rates, $1/T_1\;and\;1/T_2$, independent of temperature above $T_N$, decreases tremendously confirming huge suppression of spin fluctuation below $T_N$.

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