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The European Physical Journal BISSN: 1434-6028 (printed version) Abstract Volume 2 Issue 2 (1998) pp 147-156 Theory of EPR on a rotating sample: An illustration of Berry's phase
M. Goldman (a)
DSM/DRECAM/SPEC, CEA-Saclay, 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette Cedex, France Received: 4 August 1997 / Received in final form: 19 December 1997 / Accepted: 28 January 1998 Abstract: We describe the theory of EPR in a crystal field multiplet under sample spinning. Berry phases arise because the crystal field is of lower symmetry than the full rotation group. The formal development is limited to pure J multiplets, crystal field doublets, and field and rotation axes parallel to a principal axis.
PACS. 76.30.Da Ions and impurities: general [:AND:] 03.65.-w Quantum mechanics
(a) email: goldman@amoco.saclay.cea.fr Online publication: May 5, 1998 |