Invariants in the paramagnetic resonance spectra of impurity crystals

Abstract

We show that in cubic crystals with anisotropic impurity centers the sum of squares of the magnetic resonance (EPR) frequencies is invariant with respect to the magnetic field direction. The connection between such an invariant and the g-tensor components of the impurity is derived for different types of centers. The established regularity is confirmed experimentally for the spin-noise spectra of a CaF2-Nd 3+ crystal. We show how this property of the EPR spectra can be efficiently used for the assignment of paramagnetic centers in cubic crystals.