Features of the Implementation of the Vegard’s Law in Thin Films of Rare Earth Elements Compounds

In this work, the fulfillment of Vegard's law in thin polycrystalline films Sm1-xGdxS and Sm1-xEuxS, obtained by the method of explosive evaporation of the powder in vacuum, is investigated. It is shown that compliance with the Vegard law in the manufacture of thin-film structures based on Sm1-xEuxS solid solutions is possible only with the same technological parameters of film deposition, in particular, the substrate temperature. In the case of the Sm1-xGdxS solid solutions, the law is observed only in the metal phase of the solid solutions, with x> 0.12.