2 DISTINCT CLASSES OF TUNNELING STATES IN CN--DOPED KBR

Citation
C. Enss et al., 2 DISTINCT CLASSES OF TUNNELING STATES IN CN--DOPED KBR, Europhysics letters, 26(4), 1994, pp. 289-294
Citations number
21
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
ISSN journal
02955075
Volume
26
Issue
4
Year of publication
1994
Pages
289 - 294
Database
ISI
SICI code
0295-5075(1994)26:4<289:2DCOTS>2.0.ZU;2-Q
Abstract
We have investigated the low-temperature behaviour of the dielectric c onstant of the mixed crystal (KBr)1-x(KCN)x for x = 0.01 and x = 0.001 . The experiments were performed at microwave frequencies between 150 and 1227 MHz in the temperature range from 0.015 K to 10 K. Our experi ments prove the existence of tunnelling states with a very small and n arrowly distributed energy splitting near E/k(B) = 10 mK for x = 0.001 . E increases with CN- concentration and reaches E/k(B) = 40 mK for x = 0.01. These states occur in addition to those at 1 K, well known fro m thermal experiments.