'Li nuclear spin relaxation (NSR) in the laboratory frame ( T ) as well as in the rotating frame (T,J and electrical conductivity measurements were performed in (1 -x) GeOz. xLi,O glass series, where x = 0.001 to 0.36, between 3 K and the glass transition temperature (2: 700 K). Below about 250 K the NSR data can be interpreted consistently in the framework of thermally activated low-frequency excitations of disordered modes intrinsic to the glassy state of matter. The modes are described by asymmetric double well potential (ADWP) configurations with suitable densities of states. Above about 250 K the NSR rates increase exponentially with rising temperature due to diffusive jumps of the Li ions. Deduction of corresponding transport properties, however, from such data by means of standard NSR theories turns out to be difficult. Models are discussed to overcome these difficulties by relating NSR with electrical conductivity. The results are found to correspond best with Funke's model of a coupled motion of the ions caused by Coulomb interaction.
IntroductionThe physical origin of dynamic properties of the glassy state is a subject of current interest. Microscopic experimental methods, such as neutron scattering or nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) have proven to be successful tools for obtaining a more detailed insight into the nature of these properties. In particular, Nuclear Spin Relaxation (NSR) techniques provide detailed information about the mechanisms of atomic motion in solids [1,2]. Similar to quasielastic neutron scattering, however, the observed NSR rates are correlated with the motional process in a rather indirect manner via fluctuations of the actual nuclear spin hamiltonian which transfer energy from the spin system to the lattice. While the Zeeman NSR rate in the strong applied field Bo is sensitive to "fast" atomic motions (time scale a inverse Larmor frequency wo = yBo, i.e. of the order of lo-* s), the NSR rate in a weak rotating field B1 (B, 6 Bo) observes "slow" atomic motions (time scale cc 1/mo = l/(yBl), i.e. of the order of Generally, at low temperatures the relevant fluctuations which are responsible for the NSR process are commonly believed to be due to localized low-frequency excitations with a broad distribution of their characteristic parameters of disordered modes intrinsic to the glassy state of matter. The physical nature of the models, however, is still lacking and therefore a subject of current interest. At higher tems).