Abstract
Abstract 2H and 14N NMR spin-lattice relaxation rates were measured in the structurally incommensurately (IC) modulated phases of deuterated and undeuterated betaine calciumchloride dihydrate, respectively. The results are related to the elementary excitations of these phases. The presence of low-frequency phase fluctuations of the modulation wave leads to higher spin-lattice relaxation rates compared with the high-temperature normal phase and the commensurate (C) phases. The corresponding "phason" contributions are found to be nearly constant in the whole IC phases. In the IC phases near the transitions to the C phases the relaxation rates decrease due to the formation of the soliton lattice. This interpretation is in agreement with the results of previous dielectric measurements
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