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Ordered Defect Lattice in Lithium Niobate Crystals

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Nominally undoped and doped LiNbO3 crystals have been studied using full-profile analysis of X‑ray diffraction data and Raman spectroscopy. The X-ray diffraction patterns and Raman spectra of the crystals contain weak superstructure lines forbidden for space group R3c. The observed superstructure lines are not reflections from a second phase. The intensity distribution and position of the additional reflections are essentially independent of nonstoichiometry and dopant concentration. The additional lines in the Raman spectra and X-ray diffraction patterns of the crystals can result from the formation of an ordered hexagonal defect superstructure sublattice with a doubled a cell parameter relative to the fundamental unit cell.

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  1. Petrozavodsk State University, Universitetskaya ul. 10a, 185910, Petrozavodsk, Karelia, Russia

    L. A. Aleshina, O. V. Sidorova & A. V. Kadetova

  2. Tananaev Institute of Chemistry and Technology of Rare Elements and Mineral Raw Materials (Separate Division), Kola Scientific Center (Federal Research Center), Russian Academy of Sciences, Akademgorodok 26a, 184209, Apatity, Murmansk oblast, Russia

    N. V. Sidorov, N. A. Teplyakova & M. N. Palatnikov

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Aleshina, L.A., Sidorova, O.V., Kadetova, A.V. et al. Ordered Defect Lattice in Lithium Niobate Crystals. Inorg Mater 55, 692–697 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0020168519070033

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