Investigations on the EPR g factors for the six-coordianted Cu2+(1) site in YBa2Cu3O6+x

The EPR g factors g(//) and g(perpendicular to) for the six-coordinated Cu2+(1) site in YBa2Cu3O6+x are theoretically investigated from the perturbation formulas for a 3d(9) ion in tetragonally elongated octahedra. The related tetragonal crystal-field parameters Ds and Dt are determined from the superposition model and the structural data for the Cu2+(1) site, by considering the effective elongation of the oxygen octahedron due to the Jahn-Teller effect of the Cu2+ cluster. Based on the calculations, the effective elongation (= 15%) of the ligand octahedron is obtained for the signals at 100K. As for the EPR signals at room temperature, the elongation declines to merely 4%, corresponding to the smaller anisotropy Delta g (=g(//) - g(perpendicular to)). The theoretical results for the g factors are in good agreement with the observed values, and the local tetragonal distortion due to the Jahn-Teller effect is discussed.