Analysis of Chemical Disorder in Pb1-xGexTe |
| T. Radzyński and A. Łusakowski
Institute of Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences, al. Lotników 32/46, 02-668 Warszawa, Poland |
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| Received: 7 06 2008; |
| The PbGeTe crystal lattice is locally deformed due to different ionic radii of cations and their random placement in the lattice. It is important to quantitatively characterize such microscopic disorder because local deformations have significant influence on the properties of magnetic ions introduced to such crystal. The simples method to study microscopic disorder is to consider purely classical model of the lattice in which neighboring atoms are connected by springs with properly chosen spring constant and equilibrium lengths. In the present work, using ab initio methods we discuss applicability of the springs-atoms model to the real crystal. We also explain results of extended X-ray absorption fine structure experiments performed on PbGeTe mixed crystals. |
| DOI: 10.12693/APhysPolA.114.1317 PACS numbers: 31.15.A-, 61.43.-j, 61.43.Bn |