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zero field splitting

Posted: Fri May 19, 2017 7:20 am
by sapphire
Hello everyone,

I am trying to using EasySpin to simulate the zero field splitting, but it seems that the upper part of the left picture (red square) is not so clear and it's not splitting from the same point (green square). Another problem is when I try to select one splitting line it's not following the straight line but bent, it's the due to the the mix of different states or it's because my simulation is wrong? Is someone can help me to solve the problem? Thank you.

Re: zero field splitting

Posted: Fri May 19, 2017 9:33 am
by Stefan Stoll
For the left picture, please post a short script that generates the plot. It looks normal to me, probably a S=3/2 system with negative ZFS and an I=7/2 nucleus.

Regarding the right picture, all is normal too. EasySpin orders the energy levels according to increasing energy.

Re: zero field splitting

Posted: Fri May 19, 2017 8:35 pm
by sapphire
Thank you,Stefan. Yes, you are right. The left picture is a S=3/2 system with an I=7/2 nucleus. The script is as below:

Sys.S=3/2;
Sys.g=1.991;
Sys.D=-4803.6;
Sys.A=-220.615;
Sys.B=-222.890;
Sys.Nucs='51V';
Ori=[0 0];
FieldRange = [0 1000];
levelsplot(Sys,Ori,FieldRange)

Re: zero field splitting

Posted: Sat May 20, 2017 11:05 am
by Stefan Stoll
The plot is correct. At zero field, the +-1/2 electron manifolds with the 7/2 nuclear spin will give two manifolds with total spin 7/2+1/2 = 4 and 7/2-1/2 = 3, respectively, leading to a set of 9 and and a set of 7 levels. At high field, the electron and nuclear spin are decoupled.

Re: zero field splitting

Posted: Sun May 21, 2017 2:03 am
by sapphire
Hello, Stefan, thanks for your kindly reply. Could you tell me except the examples inside the Easyspin is there any books I can reference so that I can find more details about this software. Thank you!

Re: zero field splitting

Posted: Sun May 21, 2017 2:40 pm
by Stefan Stoll