Phonon anharmonicity of germanium in the temperature range 80-880 K
- 15 July 1974
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review B
- Vol. 10 (2), 612-620
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevb.10.612
Abstract
Phonon frequency shifts and linewidths in germanium have been studied in the temperature range 80-880 K by means of thermal neutron spectrometry. The results cannot be described in terms of the quasiharmonic approximation in which phonon frequencies are solely volume dependent. Theoretical calculations are found to be more satisfactory for the Raman frequency than for most other modes. A good account of the observed shifts is given by a proposal due to Barron, according to which the relative frequency renormalization of a crystal is proportional to the total harmonic vibrational energy. An analysis of the gradients of measured dispersion relations in the principal symmetry directions at 80 K is presented. It is shown that accidental degeneracies may influence the dispersion.Keywords
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