Magnetoelectric effect induced by the delocalized 93mNb state

Abstract

We report a temperature- and density-dependent decay of the 93mNb nuclear excitation and give a minimal interpretation on the underlying physics. This anomaly indicated nuclear resonant absorption as well as delocalization of the long-lived Moessbauer state in the crystal. A nonlinear magnetoelectric response, on low-frequency drive current, showed up in the bulk metal of a high-purity niobium crystal and then disappeared with vanishing benchmarks of delocalized nuclear excitation. Several nonlinear resonant peaks, on the order of several hundreds of Hz, grew up with the applied magnetic field. The central frequencies of these peaks decreased with temperature.