Abstract

In undoped pure single crystals of the mixed valence compound SmB6 anomalous ESR absorption is observed in the frequency range v=40–120 GHz at temperatures of 1.8–4.2 K. The ESR for the case of the coherent ground state consists of two components corresponding to g-factors g1=1.907±0.003 and g2=1.890±0.003. The amplitude of both ESR lines strongly depends on temperature in the temperature range studied: the amplitude of the first line with g=g1 increases and the amplitude of the second line decreases with temperature. A model based on consideration of intrinsic defects in the SmB6 crystalline lattice, with a densit ∼1015−1016 cm−3, is suggested as an explanation for the anomalous ESR-behavior. In the frequency range v>70 GHz at T=4.2 K, in addition to the main ESR lines, a new magnetic resonance with a hysteretic field dependence is discovered.

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