The Electron-Spin-Resonance of Mn 2+ -ions in synthetic cubic and hexagonal ZnS crystals has been observed at X-band frequencies. At 300 °K the following values for the parameters of the Spin-HAMiLTONian resulted for cubic ZnS: #=2,0024 + 0,0003 , a=+0,000787 ± 0,000006 cm" 1 , A = -0,00640±0,00001 cm" 1 . A weak superhyperfine structure due to an interaction of the 3d-electrons of the Mn 2+ -ion with the surrounding Zn 67 -nuclei was also resolved. The influence of stacking faults in cubic ZnS crystals on the position and linewidth of the Mn 2+ -spectrum was investigated in detail.For hexagonal ZnS we found at 300 °K:g" =2,0018±0,0003 , a-F= +0,000768±0,00001 cm" 1 , a= +0,000735 ±0,00001 cm" 1 , A = -0,00649 ± 0,00001 cm" 1 , D--0,01309±0,00003 cm" 1 , P= +0,000010±0,000002 cm" 1 . The quadrupole coupling constant P was determined from forbidden Am = ±1 transitions. A strong decrease of the spin-lattice relaxation time of the Mn 2+ -ion was observed in photoconducting ZnS crystals under uv-illumination at 77 °K.
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