Direct photon-phonon coupling at (001) surfaces of zinc-blende structure crystals


Por: Pérez-Rodríguez F., Récamier J., Mochán W.L.

Publicada: 1 ene 1998
Resumen:
The loss of translational symmetry at solid surfaces relaxes the momentum conservation constraints in photon-phonon coupling processes. We study this coupling at polar crystal surfaces and its manifestation in far-infrared reflection anisotropy spectra (RAS). We apply the Keating valence force potential to describe short-range mechanical interactions together with long-range Coulomb forces and radiation fields, and we solve analytically the ensuing system of coupled equations for the electromagnetic field and the lattice vibrations. We calculate the far-infrared normal reflectance spectra of (001) surfaces of semi-infinite zinc-blende crystals. They display a resonance structure associated with the excitation of surface and bulk phonon modes which might be observed with far-infrared RAS. © 1998 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.

Filiaciones:
Pérez-Rodríguez F.:
 Instituto de Física, Univ. Autónoma de Puebla, Apdo. Post. J-48, Puebla, Pue. 72570, Mexico

Récamier J.:
 Laboratorio de Cuernavaca, Instituto de Física, Univ. Nac. Autonoma de México, Apdo. Post. 139-B, Cuernavaca, Mor. 62191, Mexico

Mochán W.L.:
 Laboratorio de Cuernavaca, Instituto de Física, Univ. Nac. Autonoma de México, Apdo. Post. 139-B, Cuernavaca, Mor. 62191, Mexico
ISSN: 00396028
Editorial
Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam, Netherlands, PO BOX 211, 1000 AE AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS, Países Bajos
Tipo de documento: Article
Volumen: 414 Número: 1-2
Páginas: 93-106