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Optical Properties Of Icosahedral Al59 B3 Cu25.5Fe12.5 Quasicrystalline Alloy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 February 2011

V. Demange
Affiliation:
LSG2M and GDR CINQ. Ecole des Mines de Nancy, Parc de Saurupt 54042 Nancy France
B. Vigneron
Affiliation:
LSG2M and GDR CINQ. Ecole des Mines de Nancy, Parc de Saurupt 54042 Nancy France
F. Maciuzaud
Affiliation:
LSG2M and GDR CINQ. Ecole des Mines de Nancy, Parc de Saurupt 54042 Nancy France
J. M. Dubois
Affiliation:
LSG2M and GDR CINQ. Ecole des Mines de Nancy, Parc de Saurupt 54042 Nancy France
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Abstract

We report an optical investigation of single phase icosahedral Al59B3Cu25.5Fe12.5. The optical conductivity presents a striking depression at low frequencies and a prominent peak at 3 104 cm−1.A phenomenological analysis of the conductivity allows us to correlate the high energy excitations to a mechanism of electron hopping.

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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1999

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