Cyclotron Resonance in Zinc

Abstract

Azbel-Kaner cyclotron resonance has been studied at 24 Gc/sec and 2°K in the ($10\overline{1}0$), ($11\overline{2}0$), and (0001) planes of zinc. Twelve distinct mass series have been identified and their mass values determined as a function of the orientation of the magnetic field in the sample surface. All of the observed signals are felt to arise from carriers in orbits on either the lens-shaped electron surface in the third band or the hole surface in the second band. One of the mass series is assigned to a limiting-point resonance associated with the electrons on the spherical caps of the "lens."