Continuum theories of optical phonons and polaritons in superlattices: A brief critique

1991 ◽  
Vol 43 (11) ◽  
pp. 9096-9101 ◽  
Author(s):  
B. K. Ridley ◽  
M. Babiker
Keyword(s):  
Optical Phonons ◽  
Continuum Theories

Inelastic scattering at surfaces and interfaces

1986 ◽  
Vol 44 ◽  
pp. 392-393
Author(s):  
R. H. Ritchie ◽  
A. Howie
Keyword(s):  
Inelastic Scattering ◽  
Surface Properties ◽  
Correlation Energy ◽  
Condensed Matter ◽  
Charged Particles ◽  
Condensed Matter Physics ◽  
Optical Phonons ◽  
Exchange Correlation ◽  
Surfaces And Interfaces ◽  
Inelastic Interactions

An important part of condensed matter physics in recent years has involved detailed study of inelastic interactions between swift electrons and condensed matter surfaces. Here we will review some aspects of such interactions.Surface excitations have long been recognized as dominant in determining the exchange-correlation energy of charged particles outside the surface. Properties of surface and bulk polaritons, plasmons and optical phonons in plane-bounded and spherical systems will be discussed from the viewpoint of semiclassical and quantal dielectric theory. Plasmons at interfaces between dissimilar dielectrics and in superlattice configurations will also be considered.

scholarly journals Giant phonon anomalies in the proximate Kitaev quantum spin liquid α-RuCl3

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Haoxiang Li ◽  
T. T. Zhang ◽  
A. Said ◽  
G. Fabbris ◽  
D. G. Mazzone ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Acoustic Phonon ◽  
Energy Scale ◽  
Quantum Spin ◽  
Majorana Fermion ◽  
Spin Liquid ◽  
Optical Phonons ◽  
Large Intensity ◽  
Topological Quantum ◽  
Topological State ◽  
Quantum Spin Liquid

AbstractThe Kitaev quantum spin liquid epitomizes an entangled topological state, for which two flavors of fractionalized low-energy excitations are predicted: the itinerant Majorana fermion and the Z2 gauge flux. It was proposed recently that fingerprints of fractional excitations are encoded in the phonon spectra of Kitaev quantum spin liquids through a novel fractional-excitation-phonon coupling. Here, we detect anomalous phonon effects in α-RuCl3 using inelastic X-ray scattering with meV resolution. At high temperature, we discover interlaced optical phonons intercepting a transverse acoustic phonon between 3 and 7 meV. Upon decreasing temperature, the optical phonons display a large intensity enhancement near the Kitaev energy, JK~8 meV, that coincides with a giant acoustic phonon softening near the Z2 gauge flux energy scale. These phonon anomalies signify the coupling of phonon and Kitaev magnetic excitations in α-RuCl3 and demonstrates a proof-of-principle method to detect anomalous excitations in topological quantum materials.

Selective observation of transverse optical phonons of Au modes to evaluate free charge carrier parameters in β-Ga2O3 substrate and homoepitaxial film

2021 ◽  
Vol 118 (25) ◽  
pp. 252101
Author(s):  
Takeyoshi Onuma ◽  
Kohei Sasaki ◽  
Tomohiro Yamaguchi ◽  
Tohru Honda ◽  
Akito Kuramata ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Charge Carrier ◽  
Free Charge Carrier ◽  
Transverse Optical ◽  
Optical Phonons ◽  
Free Charge ◽  
Homoepitaxial Film

Photoconductivité dans l'alliage GaAsxSb1−x en présence d'un champ magnétique

1974 ◽  
Vol 52 (8) ◽  
pp. 743-747 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Filion ◽  
E. Fortin
Keyword(s):  
Magnetic Fields ◽  
Band Gap ◽  
Effective Mass ◽  
Alloy Composition ◽  
Longitudinal Optical ◽  
Optical Phonons ◽  
Champ Magnétique

The intrinsic photoconductivity of several samples of the alloy GaAsxSb1−x has been studied at 4.2 K in the presence of magnetic fields of up to 65 kG. Values for the band-gap, the reduced effective mass of the carriers, the energy of the longitudinal optical phonons across the alloy composition are deduced from the measurements.

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