Laue equations

Laue equations
In crystallography, the Laue equations give three conditions for incident waves to be diffracted by a crystal lattice. They are named after physicist Max von Laue (1879 1960). They reduce to the Bragg law.

Equations
Take to be the wavevector for the to be the incoming (incident) beam and

wavevector for the outgoing (diffracted) beam. is the scattering vector and measures the change between the two wavevectors. Take to be the primitive vectors of the crystal lattice. The three Laue conditions for the scattering vector, or the Laue equations, for integer values of a reflection's reciprocal lattice indices (h,k,l) are as follows:

Laue equation

These conditions say that the scattering vector must be oriented in a specific direction in relation to the primitive vectors of the crystal lattice.

Relation to Bragg Law

If is the reciprocal lattice vector, we know . Hence we have or . The Laue equations specify . From this we get the diffraction condition:

Since

(considering elastic scattering) and

(a negative reciprocal lattice vector is still a

reciprocal lattice vector): . The diffraction condition reduces to the Bragg law .

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References
Kittel, C. (1976). Introduction to Solid State Physics, New York: John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 0-471-49024-5

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