A Study of Spin-Hamiltonian Parameters and Defect Structure for Co2+ Ion in the Tetragonal Zn2+ Site of Ba2ZnF6 Crystal

Abstract

The spin-Hamiltonian (SH) parameters (g factors g∥ , g⊥ and hyperfine structure constants A∥, A⊥) for the Co2+ ion in the tetragonal Zn2+ site of a Ba2ZnF6 crystal are calculated from the secondorder perturbation formulas based on the cluster approach for the SH parameters of 3d7 ions in tetragonal symmetry with the effective spin S = 1/2. In the calculations, a reduction factor due to the dynamical Jahn-Teller effect is used. The calculated results are in reasonable agreement with the experimental values, suggesting that the dynamical Jahn-Teller effect should be considered here. The defect structure of the Co2+ center in Ba2ZnF6:Co2+ is also obtained from the calculations. The results are discussed.