Anomaly of Nuclear Quadrupole Relaxation in Cu2O Prepared at Low Temperatures
The 63Cu and 65Cu NQR transitions in powder samples of cuprous oxide have been investigated from 77 to 500 K and at room temperature after annealing up to 1100 K Significant differences in T1 , NQR linewidth Δv, and their temperature dependences were found among the samples prepared in different ways. For C u20 samples obtained in low temperatures (below 380 K), the temperature dependence of T1 below 380 K is o f activation character with Ea = 0.07 eV. These results are interpreted in terms of an electron hopping mechanism. Thermal processing of these samples permits to obtain irreversible electronic state and then the spectroscopic parameters are the same as for the samples obtained in high temperatures (above 1320 K).