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Optical properties of PbTe doped with Nd

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Single crystals of lead telluride doped with Nd were synthesized using the Bridgeman method. Room temperature far infrared reflectivity spectra were measured for PbTe samples with Nd content in the range 0.2–0.9 at.%. Optical reflectivity in the far infrared range was measured in the temperature range between 10 and 300 K for a highly polished PbTe sample with 0.6 at.% Nd. The experimental diagrams were numerically analyzed with a fitting procedure using a modified plasmon–phonon model. Two local modes were noted and their origin was discussed. Optical electron mobility was calculated for all analyzed samples.

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This work was performed as part of project F130 of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts and Project 142011G financed by the Ministry of Science and Technological Development of the Republic of Serbia.

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  1. Institute for Multidisciplinary Research, Kneza Višeslava 1, 11000, Belgrade, Serbia

    M. V. Nikolic, O. S. Aleksic & N. Nikolic

  2. Physics Department, Solid State Section, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 54124, Thessaloniki, Greece

    K. M. Paraskevopoulos, T. T. Zorba & E. Pavlidou

  3. Institute of Technical Sciences of SASA, Knez Mihailova 35/IV, 11000, Belgrade, Serbia

    T. Ivetić, S. S. Vujatovic, A. Bojicic & P. M. Nikolic

  4. Faculty of Electrical Engineering, University of Belgrade, Bulevar Kralja Aleksandra 73, 11000, Belgrade, Serbia

    V. Blagojevic

  5. Max Planck Institut für Festkörperforschung, Heisenbergstrasse 1, 7000, Stuttgart 80, Germany

    W. König

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Nikolic, M.V., Paraskevopoulos, K.M., Ivetić, T. et al. Optical properties of PbTe doped with Nd. J Mater Sci 45, 5910–5914 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10853-010-4670-6

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