Electron paramagnetic resonance spectra of tetravalent terbium ions have been observed in host crystals of ZrSiO4 , HfSiO4 , ThSiO4 , ThGeO4 (zircon structure) and ZrGeO4 , HfGeO4 (scheelite structure) at X band and Q band and various temperatures. The spin Hamiltonian parameters have been determined from the rotational diagrams; the zero field splittings turned out to be extremely large, so that complex spectra far from the strong magnetic field limit had to be analyzed. In all the compounds Tb4+ substitutes for the tetragonal metal lattice sites. The incorporation of terbium, the origin of the large second-order parameters and comparisons with the spectra of trivalent gadolinium in similar systems are discussed.
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