  A linear spin wave analysis of dimerization of alternating Heisenberg system
with spins $s_{1}$ and $s_{2}$ on linear chain as well as square lattice is
presented. Among the several possible dimerized configurations considered in
two dimensions the plaquette configuration is found to be energetically the
most favored one. Inclusion of a variable nearest neighbor exchange coupling
$J(a)=\frac{J}{a}$ leads to a uniform power law behavior: that is to say, the
same $\delta $-dependence is found (i) in chains as well as in square lattices;
(ii) in systems consisting of different pairs of spins $s_{1}$ and $s_{2}$;
(iii) for the magnetic energy gain, the energy gap, the energy of the gapped
magnetic excitation mode as well as for the sublattice magnetization; (iv) for
all the configurations of the square lattice; and (v) in the entire range of
$\delta :$ $(0\leq \delta <1)$. The variable exchange coupling also allows \
the energy of the gapped excitation spectrum to be $\delta $-dependent even in
the linear spin wave theory.
