STUDY OF PHASON HOPPING IN PERFECT ICOSAHEDRAL ALFECU QUASI-CRYSTALS BY INELASTIC NEUTRON-SCATTERING

被引:41
作者
CODDENS, G [1 ]
SOUSTELLE, C [1 ]
BELLISSENT, R [1 ]
CALVAYRAC, Y [1 ]
机构
[1] CNRS,CECM,F-94407 VITRY,FRANCE
来源
EUROPHYSICS LETTERS | 1993年 / 23卷 / 01期
关键词
VIBRATIONAL STATES IN DISORDERED SYSTEMS; COMMENSURATE-INCOMMENSURATE TRANSITIONS; SELF-DIFFUSION IN METALS; SEMIMETALS; AND ALLOYS;
D O I
10.1209/0295-5075/23/1/006
中图分类号
O4 [物理学];
学科分类号
0702 ;
摘要
We have studied a hopping process in perfect icosahedral Al62Cu25.5Fe12.5 powder samples by time-of-flight (TOF) quasi-elastic neutron scattering. Within the (HomegaBAR, HQBAR)-window of the present experiment the signal observed is entirely due to copper motion. Its dependence on the neutron momentum transfer HQBAR suggests that this process remains confined in space and that it has a characteristic length of (3.9 +/- 0.25) angstrom. Its dependence on the temperature T is interpreted as giving evidence for a depinning energy of 0.75 eV.
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