Study of nuclear quadrupole interactions and quadrupole Raman processes of 69Ga and 71Ga in a beta-Ga2O3:Cr3+ single...

Nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) data and the spin-lattice relaxation times, T(1), of (69)Ga and (71)Ga nuclei in a beta-Ga(2)O(3):Cr(3+) single crystal were obtained using FT NMR spectrometry. Four sets of NMR spectra for (69)Ga (I=3/2) and (71)Ga (I=3/2) were obtained in the crystallographic planes. The (69)Ga and (71)Ga nuclei each had two chemically inequivalent Ga(I) and Ga(II) centers. Each of the (69)Ga and (71)Ga isotopes yielded two different central NMR resonance lines originating from Ga(I) and Ga(II) sites. The nuclear quadrupole coupling constants and asymmetry parameters of (69)Ga(I), (69)Ga(II), (71)Ga(I), and (71)Ga(II) centers in a beta-Ga(2)O(3):Cr(3+) crystal were obtained. Analysis of the EFG tensor principal axes (PAs) for Ga nuclei and the ZFS tensor PAs for the Cr(3+) ion confirmed that the Cr(3+) paramagnetic impurity ion substitutes for the Ga(3+) ion in the oxygen octahedron. In addition, the temperature dependencies of the (69)Ga and (71)Ga relaxation rates were consistent with Raman processes, as T(1)(-1) is proportional to T(2). Even though the Cr(3+) impurities are paramagnetic, the relaxations were dominated by electric quadrupole interactions of the nuclear spins in the temperature range investigated.