Abstract
Bond lengths in the narrow-band-gap semiconductor alloys Hg1-xCdxTe and Hg1-xMnxTe have been deduced using x-ray-absorption fine-structure techniques. The nearest-neighbor bond lengths, for both alloy systems, are found to be constant as a function of alloy composition within the experimental uncertainties of 0.01. These results contradict the predictions of some recent theories for Hg1-xCdxTe alloys, finding the Hg-Te and Cd-Te bond lengths to be decreasing in spite of the lattice constant increasing with x. The bond relaxation in several III-V, II-VI, and II-VI-based diluted magnetic semiconductor (DMS) ternary alloys is found to be quantitatively proportional to the ratio of bond bending to bond-stretching force constants. Hg1-xCdxTe and DMS alloys, including Hg1-xMnxTe, are found to have the largest amount of bond relaxation. For DMS's, this is attributed to tetrahedral bond weakening resulting from hybridization of anion p and Mn 3d orbitals thereby decreasing the amount of charge available for the making of sp3 bonds.
Document Type
Article
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.42.11174
Rights Information
© 1990 The American Physical Society
Publication Date
1-1-1990
Recommended Citation
Mayanovic, Robert A., W-F. Pong, and Bruce A. Bunker. "X-ray-absorption fine-structure studies of Hg 1− x Cd x Te and Hg 1− x Mn x Te bond lengths: Bond relaxation and structural stability of ternary alloys." Physical Review B 42, no. 17 (1990): 11174.
Journal Title
Physical Review B
