Abstract
Ga 2Te 3 crystallizes into the zinc-blende structure, where one-third of the cation sites are vacant. Single-crystal X-ray diffraction studies have been performed on quenched Ga 2Te 3 crystals. The diffraction maps show, apart from the main zinc-blende-type reflections, satellite reflections at q = (0.06 0.06 0.00) c, where the subscript c indicates the cubic sublattice. Analysis of the satellite reflections shows that the incommensurate structure is two-dimensional. The structure is ascribable to the amplitude-type modulation caused by Ga vacancies and the coupled displacive modulation of Te atoms, which has a polarization vector along the 〈0 0 1〉 c direction. The nature of the atomic modulations is also discussed and the origin of the modulation is attributed to Jahn–Teller-type distortions around Ga vacancies.
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