Abstract
The magnetic hyperfine tensor of Pr3+ in single-crystal Y AlO3 has been measured in the ground electronic state through a study of the Iz=12Iz=32 NMR transitions in a low static magnetic field. The directions of the x, y, and z axes of the two Pr3+ sites are determined. The magnetic splitting factors are γz=11.648±0.053, γx=3.881±0.036, and γy=2.50±0.1 kHz/G. The pseudoquadrupole interaction from the second-order magnetic hyperfine interaction is found to account for 94% of the observed zero-field splittings.