Electron Spin Resonance in the Relaxed Excited State of the F Center via the Magnetic Circular Polarization of Emission

1978 ◽  
Vol 45 (6) ◽  
pp. 2041-2042 ◽  
Author(s):  
Koichi Imanaka ◽  
Tetsuaki Wada ◽  
Masaji Tanaka ◽  
Hiroshi Ohkura

It is shown that the detailed electron spin resonance spectrum of the manganate ion, (MnO 4 ) 2- , can be explained by assuming that the unpaired electron is in a doubly degenerate molecular orbital of symmetry type E and that the first excited state available to it is triply degenerate of symmetry type T 2 . The results indicate that the E orbital is largely concentrated on the manganese atom while the T 2 orbital is spread over the whole molecule. As a result of this analysis the quadrupole moment of 55 Mn is estimated to be 0·2 x 10 -24 cm 2 .


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