UNUSUAL ELASTIC-CONSTANTS OF CUBIC MNTE IN STRAINED-LAYER SUPERLATTICES MEASURED BY X-RAY-DIFFRACTION

被引:34
作者
BUSCHERT, JR [1 ]
PEIRIS, FC [1 ]
SAMARTH, N [1 ]
LUO, H [1 ]
FURDYNA, JK [1 ]
机构
[1] UNIV NOTRE DAME,DEPT PHYS,NOTRE DAME,IN 46556
来源
PHYSICAL REVIEW B | 1994年 / 49卷 / 07期
关键词
D O I
10.1103/PhysRevB.49.4619
中图分类号
T [工业技术];
学科分类号
08 ;
摘要
Elastic constants of the recently grown nonequilibrium zinc-blende form of MnTe were measured. Strained layer MnTe/ZnTe superlattices in which MnTe appears in this zinc-blende form were studied using triple crystal x-ray diffraction. The diffraction spectra were fitted using a dynamical model to determine the thickness and the lattice constants of each layer. From these and other measurements, the elastic constants C-11 and C-12 of MnTe were determined to be 2.22+/-0.1 and 1.16+/-0.1, respectively. These values are very low compared to all other zinc-blende or diamond structure materials investigated so far.
引用
收藏
页码:4619 / 4622
页数:4
相关论文
共 19 条
[1]  
Abeles F., 1950, ANN PHYS-PARIS, V12, P596, DOI [10.1051/anphys/195012050596, DOI 10.1051/ANPHYS/195012050596]
[2]   MODEL OF THE LOCAL-STRUCTURE OF RANDOM TERNARY ALLOYS - EXPERIMENT VERSUS THEORY [J].
BALZAROTTI, A ;
MOTTA, M ;
KISIEL, A ;
ZIMNALSTARNAWSKA, M ;
CZYZYK, MT ;
PODGORNY, M .
PHYSICAL REVIEW B, 1985, 31 (12) :7526-7539
[3]   DYNAMICAL THEORY OF X-RAY-DIFFRACTION IN FLAT, FOCUSING, AND DISTORTED CRYSTALS BY AGELESS MATRIX-METHOD [J].
BERREMAN, DW .
PHYSICAL REVIEW B, 1976, 14 (10) :4313-4317
[4]   FINITE ELASTIC STRAIN OF CUBIC CRYSTALS [J].
BIRCH, F .
PHYSICAL REVIEW, 1947, 71 (11) :809-824
[5]   RESOLUTION FUNCTION OF AN X-RAY TRIPLE-CRYSTAL DIFFRACTOMETER [J].
COWLEY, RA .
ACTA CRYSTALLOGRAPHICA SECTION A, 1987, 43 :825-836
[6]   ZINCBLENDE MNTE - EPILAYERS AND QUANTUM WELL STRUCTURES [J].
DURBIN, SM ;
HAN, J ;
O, S ;
KOBAYASHI, M ;
MENKE, DR ;
GUNSHOR, RL ;
FU, Q ;
PELEKANOS, N ;
NURMIKKO, AV ;
LI, D ;
GONSALVES, J ;
OTSUKA, N .
APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS, 1989, 55 (20) :2087-2089
[7]   DILUTED MAGNETIC SEMICONDUCTORS [J].
FURDYNA, JK .
JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS, 1988, 64 (04) :R29-R64
[8]   PROPERTIES OF STRAINED IN0.2GA0.8AS/GAAS SUPERLATTICES WITH VARIOUS BARRIER THICKNESSES [J].
HOVINEN, M ;
SALOKATVE, A ;
ASONEN, H .
JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS, 1991, 69 (05) :3378-3380
[9]  
KLOSOWSKI P, 1992, THESIS U NOTRE DAME
[10]   MOLECULAR-BEAM EPITAXY OF II-VI BASED HETEROSTRUCTURES [J].
KOLODZIEJSKI, LA ;
GUNSHOR, RL ;
NURMIKKO, AV ;
OTSUKA, N .
ACTA PHYSICA POLONICA A, 1991, 79 (01) :31-47