The hyperfine field anisotropy tensors, obtained from analysis of ^{57}Fe NMR spectra for iron sites in various magnetic oxides (barium hexaferrite, lithium spinel, magnetite and yttrium-iron garnet) were used to investigate the relation between the hf anisotropy and surrounding ionic arrangement. While a reasonable correlation has been found when the distribution of the nearest cations was considered, no correlation was obtained between the hyperfine field anisotropy and the positions of the nearest oxygen anions.
Magnetic hyperfine fields of Fe_{90}Zr_7B_3 Nanoperm nanocrystalline alloy are characterized by ^{57}Fe Mössbauer spectrometry and ^{57}Fe NMR as well as by magnetic force microscopy. ^{57}Fe NMR enables to distinguish a broad signal of iron atoms located in a residual amorphous matrix from a narrow one which belongs to Fe in nanograins. The former coincides with the distribution of hyperfine fields obtained from ^{57}Fe Mössbauer spectroscopy. In addition, it is possible to make a distinction between NMR signals of the Fe nanograins located in magnetic domains from that of the nanograins positioned in domain walls. This is confirmed by magnetic force microscopy where appearance of maze-domains is observed.
^{57}Fe NMR spectra were measured on thin films of yttrium iron garnet with divalent (Ca^{2+}) and tetravalent (Ge^{4+}) cation substitutions using the spin echo technique at 4.2 K. A series of Y_{3-x}Ca_{x}Fe_{5-x}Ge_{x}O_{12} samples with 0 ≤ x ≤ 0.0 5 was prepared by an epitaxial growth from BaO/B_{2}O_{3}/BaF_{2} flux on gadolinium gallium garnet substrate. Satellite lines corresponding to the iron ions having the Ge^{4+} and Ca^{2+} in their neighbourhood were identified. The sample with the germanium content of x(Ge) = 0.004 and (110) substrate orientation was used for a detailed study: NMR spectra of this sample were measured in an external magnetic field of 0.1 T applied along several directions in the plane of the film. The modification of the isotropic part and the anisotropy tensor of the hyperfine interaction caused by the Ge^{4+} substituent were obtained from the experimental data. The results were compared with those previously reported for trivalent substitution (Ga^{3+}).
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