SnTe Phase Transition in Strained Superlattices PbTe/SnTe |
| O.A. Mironova, O.N. Makarovskiia, O.N. Nashchekinab, L.P. Shpakovskayab, V.I. Litvinovc, M. Oszwałdowskid and T. Berusd aInstitute of Radiophysics and Electronics, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kharkov, Ukraine bPolytechnical University of Kharkov, Kharkov, Ukraine cInstitute of Material Science Problems, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Chernovtsy, Ukraine dInstitute of Physics, Poznań University of Technology, Piotrowo 3, 60-965 Poznań, Poland |
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| An anomaly of the in-plane conductivity is observed in the superlattices PbTe/SnTe on (001)KCl in the temperature region of 60-130 K. The anomaly is caused by a structural phase transition in SnTe layer and as a result, the transition induced formation of defects. These defects are additional scattering centres which decrease the superlattice conductivity. |
| DOI: 10.12693/APhysPolA.88.853 PACS numbers: 73.40.-c, 64.70.-p |