Document Type
Article
Version
Publisher's PDF
Publication Title
Physical Review B
Volume
79
Publication Date
6-2009
Abstract
The temperature and magnetic field dependencies of the (119)Sn nuclear spin-lattice relaxation rate in alpha-SnF(2) indicate the presence of two relaxation mechanisms. At temperatures below 350 K, the relaxation is dominated by a nuclear spin-rotation interaction modulated by lattice vibrations, as has been seen for Pb and Tl salts. This (119)Sn relaxation pathway is less effective in SnF(2) than it is for (207)Pb, (203)Tl, and (205)Tl relaxation in some Pb and Tl salts but it is more effective than (111)Cd and (113)Cd relaxation in some Cd salts. Above 350 K, there is an additional contribution to the observed relaxation rate. The most likely candidate for this thermally activated contribution is the modulation of the (119)Sn-(19)F dipolar interaction by fluoride-ion motion.
Publisher's Statement
© 2009 by the American Physical Society. The publisher's version of the article can be found at http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevB.79.214302.
Citation
G. Neue et al., Phys. Rev. B 79, 214302 (2009).
DOI
10.1103/PhysRevB.79.214302