Acoustic-phonon dispersion in CdTe at 7.5 GPa

Abstract
The dispersion of longitudinal acoustic phonons has been measured by inelastic x-ray scattering in the sodium-chloride phase of CdTe at 7.5 GPa. A substantial increase of the phonon frequencies with respect to the dispersion curve at ambient pressure is observed in the momentum transfer region Q=3–10 nm1: This corresponds to an increase of the sound velocity from 3100 m/s to 5100±300 m/s, in good agreement with extrapolations based on the equation of state.

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