CDTE MNTE SHORT-PERIOD SUPERLATTICES - ELASTIC PROPERTIES/

We report on the structural characterization of CdTe/MnTe short-period superlattices. The critical thickness of MnTe on CdTe layers was dete rmined by reflection high-energy electron diffraction experiments. Det ailed high-resolution x-ray diffraction measurements and the computer simulation of the measured spectra enabled the determination of the zi nc blende MnTe elastic properties in the superlattices. T.he knowledge of these properties allowed the growth of strain balanced CdTe/MnTe s uperlattices pseudomorphic to a Cd0.96Zn0-04Te buffer. The superlattic es exhibited x-ray linewidths of about 100 arcsec.