Elastic Properties of Zinc Blende MnTe

• Authors: P. Djemia , Y. Roussigné , A. Stashkevich , W. Szuszkiewicz , N. Gonzalez Szwacki , E. Dynowska , E. Janik , B. Kowalski , G. Karczewski , P. Bogusławski , M. Jouanne , J. Morhange
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The Brillouin light scattering was used to investigate elastic properties of the zinc blende, MBE-grown MnTe layer that was deposited on a (001) GaAs substrate covered by CdTe buffer layer. The three elastic constants of the zinc blende MnTe, namely c_{11}, c_{12}, and c_{44}, were directly determined for the first time from the frequency of the Rayleigh mode, of the pseudo-surface mode, and of the shear horizontal bulk mode traveling parallel to the layer surface. The value of c_{11} was checked using the frequency of longitudinal bulk waves propagating at different angles from the normal of the layer plane. This value was also independently determined by results of the folding of acoustic phonons, observed for MnTe/CdTe superlattices by the Raman scattering. Finally, the bulk modulus given by the formula B=(c_{11}+2c_{12})/3 was determined for zinc blende MnTe by ab initio calculations making use of the density functional theory and atomic pseudopotentials; spin polarization of MnTe was taken into account. A satisfactory agreement between theoretical and experimental values was obtained.

Keywords

EN

62.20.Dc; 75.50.Pp; 78.35.+c

Discipline

• 75.50.Pp: Magnetic semiconductors
• 78.35.+c: Brillouin and Rayleigh scattering; other light scattering(for Raman scattering, see 78.30.-j; for time resolved light scattering spectroscopy, see 78.47.je)

• Publisher: Institute of Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Acta Physica Polonica A
• Year: 2004
• Volume: 106
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 239-247

Dates

published

2004-08

received

2004-05-28

Contributors

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P. Djemia

• Laboratoire des Propriétés Mécaniques et Thermodynamiques des Matériaux, UPR CNRS 9001, Université Paris Nord, Av. J.B. Clément, 93430 Villetaneuse, France

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Y. Roussigné

• Laboratoire des Propriétés Mécaniques et Thermodynamiques des Matériaux, UPR CNRS 9001, Université Paris Nord, Av. J.B. Clément, 93430 Villetaneuse, France

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A. Stashkevich

• Laboratoire des Propriétés Mécaniques et Thermodynamiques des Matériaux, UPR CNRS 9001, Université Paris Nord, Av. J.B. Clément, 93430 Villetaneuse, France

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W. Szuszkiewicz

• Institute of Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences, al. Lotników 32/46, 02-668 Warsaw, Poland

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N. Gonzalez Szwacki

• Institute of Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences, al. Lotników 32/46, 02-668 Warsaw, Poland

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E. Dynowska

• Institute of Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences, al. Lotników 32/46, 02-668 Warsaw, Poland

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E. Janik

• Institute of Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences, al. Lotników 32/46, 02-668 Warsaw, Poland

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B. Kowalski

• Institute of Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences, al. Lotników 32/46, 02-668 Warsaw, Poland

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G. Karczewski

• Institute of Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences, al. Lotników 32/46, 02-668 Warsaw, Poland

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P. Bogusławski

• Institute of Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences, al. Lotników 32/46, 02-668 Warsaw, Poland

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M. Jouanne

• Laboratoire des Milieux Désordonnés et Hétérogènes, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, B.P. 86, 75015 Paris Cedex 05, France

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J. Morhange

• Laboratoire des Milieux Désordonnés et Hétérogènes, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, B.P. 86, 75015 Paris Cedex 05, France

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Identifiers

DOI

10.12693/APhysPolA.106.239