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Title: Off-axis phonon and photon propagation in porous silicon superlattices studied by Brillouin spectroscopy and optical reflectance

Abstract

Brillouin light scattering experiments and optical reflectance measurements were performed on a pair of porous silicon-based optical Bragg mirrors which had constituent layer porosity ratios close to unity. For off-axis propagation, the phononic and photonic band structures of the samples were modeled as a series of intersecting linear dispersion curves. Zone-folding was observed for the longitudinal bulk acoustic phonon and the frequency of the probed zone-folded longitudinal phonon was shown to be dependent on the propagation direction as well as the folding order of the mode branch. There was no conclusive evidence of coupling between the transverse and the folded longitudinal modes. Two additional observed Brillouin peaks were attributed to the Rayleigh surface mode and a possible pseudo-surface mode. Both of these modes were dispersive, with the velocity increasing as the wavevector decreased.

Authors:
;  [1]
  1. Department of Physics and Physical Oceanography, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John's, Newfoundland A1B 3X7 (Canada)
Publication Date:
OSTI Identifier:
22308463
Resource Type:
Journal Article
Journal Name:
Journal of Applied Physics
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 116; Journal Issue: 3; Other Information: (c) 2014 AIP Publishing LLC; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); Journal ID: ISSN 0021-8979
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
75 CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS, SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND SUPERFLUIDITY; BRAGG REFLECTION; BRILLOUIN EFFECT; COUPLING; DISPERSIONS; LAYERS; LIGHT SCATTERING; OPTICAL REFLECTION; PHONONS; PHOTONS; POROSITY; POROUS MATERIALS; RAYLEIGH SCATTERING; SILICON; SPECTROSCOPY; SUPERLATTICES; SURFACES

Citation Formats

Parsons, L. C., E-mail: lcparsons@mun.ca, and Andrews, G. T., E-mail: tandrews@mun.ca. Off-axis phonon and photon propagation in porous silicon superlattices studied by Brillouin spectroscopy and optical reflectance. United States: N. p., 2014. Web. doi:10.1063/1.4890319.
Parsons, L. C., E-mail: lcparsons@mun.ca, & Andrews, G. T., E-mail: tandrews@mun.ca. Off-axis phonon and photon propagation in porous silicon superlattices studied by Brillouin spectroscopy and optical reflectance. United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4890319
Parsons, L. C., E-mail: lcparsons@mun.ca, and Andrews, G. T., E-mail: tandrews@mun.ca. 2014. "Off-axis phonon and photon propagation in porous silicon superlattices studied by Brillouin spectroscopy and optical reflectance". United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4890319.
@article{osti_22308463,
title = {Off-axis phonon and photon propagation in porous silicon superlattices studied by Brillouin spectroscopy and optical reflectance},
author = {Parsons, L. C., E-mail: lcparsons@mun.ca and Andrews, G. T., E-mail: tandrews@mun.ca},
abstractNote = {Brillouin light scattering experiments and optical reflectance measurements were performed on a pair of porous silicon-based optical Bragg mirrors which had constituent layer porosity ratios close to unity. For off-axis propagation, the phononic and photonic band structures of the samples were modeled as a series of intersecting linear dispersion curves. Zone-folding was observed for the longitudinal bulk acoustic phonon and the frequency of the probed zone-folded longitudinal phonon was shown to be dependent on the propagation direction as well as the folding order of the mode branch. There was no conclusive evidence of coupling between the transverse and the folded longitudinal modes. Two additional observed Brillouin peaks were attributed to the Rayleigh surface mode and a possible pseudo-surface mode. Both of these modes were dispersive, with the velocity increasing as the wavevector decreased.},
doi = {10.1063/1.4890319},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/22308463}, journal = {Journal of Applied Physics},
issn = {0021-8979},
number = 3,
volume = 116,
place = {United States},
year = {Mon Jul 21 00:00:00 EDT 2014},
month = {Mon Jul 21 00:00:00 EDT 2014}
}