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Frozen-in phason fluctuations in single grains of icosahedral Al-Pd-Mn quasicrystals have been studied by high-resolution coherent X-ray scattering. Bragg peak widths scale as expected for a distribution of uniform phason strains. Strong relaxation of the uniform phason strain is observed after sample annealing. Large intensity fluctuations or speckle patterns are observed in the Bragg peaks due to the uniform phason strain distribution in the sample. Speckle patterns are also observed in the diffuse scattering located close to the Bragg reflections and are related to long-wavelength phason fluctuations taking place in the sample.
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