Temperature dependent phonon modes and ionicity of LiGaO2 single crystal

This paper reports that polarized far-infrared reflectivity measurements have been done on LiGaO2 single crystal along two crystalline taxes at different temperatures. The temperature dependent frequencies of the longitudinal and transverse optical phonon have been obtained from the real part of optical conductivity and the loss function respectively. A small Drude component is observed at frequency below 300 cm^-1 which could arise from Li ions or oxygen deficiencies. The ionicity of LiGaO2 has been studied from the analysis of the Born effective charge of different ions.     

Microscopic phonon theory of Si/Ge nanocrystals

Microscopic phonon theory of semiconductor nanocrystals (NCs) is reviewed in this paper. Phonon modes of Si and Ge NCs with various sizes of up to 7 nm are investigated by valence force field theory. Phonon modes in spherical SiGe alloy NCs approximately 3.6 nm (containing 1147 atoms) in size have been investigated as a function of the Si concentration. Phonon density-of-states, quantum confinement effects, as well as Raman intensities are discussed.      

Testing a New Class of Phonon Operators for RPA-Like Calculations Within an Exactly Solvable Model

Working in a boson formalism, we introduce a phonon operator different from that commonly used in RPA calculations. As a major feature, this new phonon operator has a vacuum carrying only a limited number of particle-hole excitations. Therefore, the form of this vacuum is quite different from the exponential one of the RPA. In addition, multiphonon excitations have a particle-hole structure never exceeding in complexity that of this vacuum, no matter how large is the number of phonons involved. We present the results of some preliminary tests performed within the exactly solvable two-level Lipkin model.     

Investigation of phonon anomalies in intermediate valence compounds SmS and Sm0·65Y0·25S

Phonon anomalies in two intermediate valence compounds (IVC), SmS and Sm_0·75Y_0·25S have been investigated using breathing shell model (BSM). The BSM includes breathing motion of electron shells of the rare earth atom due tof−d hybridization. The phonon dispersion curves of IVC, calculated from the present model, agree well with the measured data. One-phonon density of states calculated from the present model compares well with the Raman spectra.     

Volume variation of nuclear Grüneisen parameter for equation of state studies

The method of first principle pseudopotential is used to simulate the volume variation of nuclear Grüneisen parameter. The elements Al and Be, for which Neal’s experimental data exist are investigated. The nuclear Grüneisen obtained from the details of phonon frequencies are in better agreement with the experimental data as compared to those obtained from approximate Slater and Dugdale-MacDonald methods, often used in shock wave studies.     

On Exciton Decoherence in Quantum Dots

The effects resulting due to dressing of an exciton with phonons are analyzed as the source of unavoidable decoherence of orbital degrees of freedom in quantum dots. The dressing with longitudinal optical phonons results in energetic shift of order of a few meV even of the ground state of exciton in a state-of-the-art InAs/GaAs dot and the mediating role of longitudinal acoustical phonons is essential in this process. The characteristic time needed for dressing of the exciton with optical phonons is of a picosecond order. That time can be regarded as the lower limit for decoherence for optically driven quantum gates employing self-assembled quantum dot structures.     

声子气的状态方程和声子气运动的守恒方程

根据爱因斯坦的狭义相对论中质能的等效关系，把固体(本文指非导体)晶格(原子)的质量分为晶格(原子)的静质量和晶格热振动能量的等效质量两个部分，后者就是固体中声子气的等效质量.晶格(原子)热振动的能量则分为晶格(原子)静质量具有的热能以及声子气质量具有的热能.基于固体的状态方程，导得了晶格静质量热振动的状态方程和声子气的状态方程.声子气在固体介质中的宏观运动就是热量在固体中的传递过程.建立了声子气运动的守恒方程组，分析表明，忽略惯性力时声子气的动量守恒方程就退化为傅里叶导热定律，阐明了傅里叶导热定律的物理本质是声子气驱动力与阻力的平衡方程.当热流密度很大惯性力不能忽略时，傅里叶导热定律不再适用. 关键词： 非傅里叶导热 声子气 声子气质量 状态方程 守恒方程     

有限温度下二维Heisenberg铁磁系统的声子衰减

在二维正方Heisenberg铁磁系统的基础上建立了磁振子-声子相互作用模型. 利用松原格林函数理论研究了系统的声子衰减，计算了布里渊区的主要对称点线上的声子衰减曲线. 发现在第一布里渊区，在Δ线上，横向声频支声子无衰减，在Z线上，纵向声频支声子无衰减；横向声频支声子衰减比纵向声频支声子衰减至少大一个数量级，并讨论了各项参数的变化对横向声频支声子衰减与纵向声频支声子衰减的影响. 根据声子衰减与声子寿命的关系，声子衰减与声子态密度的关系，可以讨论横向声频支声子与纵向声频支声子的寿命与态密度. 关键词： 磁振子-声子相互作用 横向声频支声子衰减 纵向声频支声子衰减 声子寿命     

Effect of magnon–phonon interaction on transverse acoustic phonon excitation at finite temperature

A magnon–phonon interaction model is developed on the basis of two-dimensional square Heisenberg ferromagnetic system. By using Matsubara Green function theory transverse acoustic phonon excitation is studied and transverse acoustic phonon excitation dispersion curves is calculated on the main symmetric point and line in the first Brillouin zone. On line Σ it is found that there is hardening for transverse acoustic phonon on small wave vector zone (nearby point Γ), there is softening for transverse acoustic phonon on the softening zone and there is hardening for transverse acoustic phonon near point M. On line Δ it is found there is no softening and hardening for transverse acoustic phonon. On line Z it is found that there is softening for transverse acoustic phonon on small wave vector zone (nearby point X) and there is hardening for transverse acoustic phonon nearby point M. The influences of various parameters on transverse acoustic phonon excitation are also explored and it is found that the coupling of the magnon–phonon and the spin wave stiffness constant play an important role for the softening of transverse acoustic phonon.     

What is the highest Tc for phonon-mediated superconductivity?

We suggest that the high-temperature superconductivity can be attributed to the director-roles of the van Hove singularity between an electron-electron interaction and an electron-phonon interaction. The difference between the critical temperature and the pairing temperature is presented, and the Fermi arc, the d-wave symmetry and the poor conductivity, etc., are discussed. In particular, the non-s-wave symmetry is predicted to have the highest T _c for superconductors.