LATTICE PARAMETER OF Cd1-x MgxTe CRYSTALS

S. Miotkowska1, E. Dynowska1, I. Miotkowski2, A. K. Ramdas2

1 Institute of Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences, al. Lotników 32/46, 02-668 Warsaw, Poland,
2 Department of Physics, Purdue University West Lafayette, Indiana 47907, USA


Lattice parameter and composition studies have been performed for Cd1-xMgxTe samples. The nominal values of x were 0.05 £ x £ 0.90. It was shown that for real values x £ 0.5 the lattice parameters satisfie Vegard's law.