Nuclear Quadrupole Interactions of 27Al in Alexandrite Single Crystal

Abstract

Abstract In an alexandrite single crystal four sets of NMR spectra for 27Al (I=5/2) were observed in the crystallographic ab, be, and ca planes. The AI (I) center has four magnetically inequivalent Al sites, whereas the AI (II) center has two. The nuclear quadrupole coupling constant and asymmetry parameter of Al(I) and AI(II) in an alexandrite crystal were determined. Within the experimental accuracy, our parameters turned out to have the same values as those of a chrysoberyl crystal.