Multiple scattering approach to K-edge XANES of Sb-Te systems

The Sb-Te systems are important for optical memories. The local structures of these Sb-Te systems are crucial to understand the properties. Here we study three different Sb-Te systems, Sb₂Te₃, c- and a-SbTe (c; crystalline, a; amorphous) by use of XANES analyses. The present calculations for Sb₂Te₃ system show quite good agreement with the observed spectra. In contrast to Sb₂Te₃ system, both c- and a-SbTe systems, in which a ratio of Sb to Te is 3, are metastable; both of the structures have not been known yet. We thus investigate these local structures by use of the multiple scattering approach, and propose a possible model for each of c- and a-SbTe.