Ravel, B.
, Cockayne, E.
and Rabe, K.
(1999),
The Local Structure of Ferroelectric Pb<sub>1-x</sub>Ge<sub>x</sub>Te, Journal of Synchrotron Radiation
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The Local Structure of Ferroelectric Pb1-xGexTe
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, , K M. Rabe
Abstract
The narrow band-gap semiconductor Pb_{1-x}Ge_xTe has a low-temperature ferroelectric rhombohedral phase whose average structure is a distorted rock salt structure. We have measured the Extended X-ray-Absorption Fine-Structure spectra of Pb_{1-x}Ge_xTe with x \approx 0.3 at the Ge and Te K edges and at the Pb L3 edge. By co-refining the spectra from these three edges, we have accurately determined the ground state structure of this material. We compare these results with recent first-principles density-functional calculations of total energies and find that these first-principles calculations of the ground state structure are in good agreement with the measured structure. Specifically we find a large lattice relaxation around the Ge site and a large displacement of the Ge atom from its nominal lattice position.Citation
Journal of Synchrotron Radiation
Volume
6
Pub Type
Journals
Keywords
EAFS, ground state structure, Pb<sub>1-x</sub>Ge<sub>x</sub>Te
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Created May 1, 1999, Updated February 19, 2017