High-Degree Exchange Interaction Between Rare-Earth Ions

Abstract
From the EPR spectra of pairs of Ce3+ and Nd3+ ions in LaCl3 and LaBr3 it is possible to isolate contributions to the interaction tensors from high-degree anisotropic superexchange interaction of the form J+5(1)J5(2) and Jzl(1)J±5(2).