Structural investigations of Ge 5 As x Se 95-x and Ge 15 As x Se 85-x glasses using x-ray diffraction and extended x-ray fine structure spectroscopy

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2012

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Wang, Rongping
Kaban, I
Jovari, P
Luther-Davies, Barry
Mattern, N
Eckert, J

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Institute of Physics Publishing

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The structure of Ge 5As xSe 95-x (x=10, 20, 30, 38at.%) and Ge 15As xSe 85-x (x=10, 25, 34at.%) glasses has been investigated by high-energy x-ray diffraction and extended x-ray absorption fine structure measurements. The experimental datasets have been modelled using the reverse Monte Carlo simulation technique. The model atomic configurations have been analysed in detail. It has been found that the homonuclear Ge-Ge, As-As, Se-Se and heteronuclear Ge-As bonds play an important role in the structure formation of the Ge-As-Se glasses. The total number of these bonds decreases quite slowly with the mean coordination number similarly to the nonlinear refractive index.

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Keywords: Atomic configuration; Data sets; Extended X-ray absorption fine structure measurements; Fine-structure spectroscopy; Heteronuclear; High energy x-ray diffraction; Homonuclear; Mean coordination numbers; Nonlinear refractive index; Reverse monte carlo simu

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Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter

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