Abstract
We examine quantitatively the temperature dependence of the linewidths and line shifts in electron paramagnetic resonance experiments on single crystals of the single-molecule magnets and at fixed frequency, with an applied magnetic field along the easy axis. We include intermolecular spin-spin interactions (dipolar and exchange) and distributions in both the uniaxial anisotropy parameter D and the Landé g factor. The temperature dependence of the linewidths and the line shifts are mainly caused by the spin-spin interactions. For both and the temperature dependence of the calculated line shifts and linewidths agrees well with the trends of the experimental data. The linewidths for reveal a stronger temperature dependence than those for because for a much wider distribution in D overshadows the temperature dependence of the spin-spin interactions. For the line-shift analysis suggests two competing interactions: a weak ferromagnetic exchange coupling between neighboring molecules and a longer-ranged dipolar interaction. This result could have implications for ordering in at low temperatures.
- Received 22 April 2002
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.66.144409
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