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Brillouin and Raman scattering in natural and isotopically controlled diamond

Journal Article · · Physical Review, B: Condensed Matter
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  1. Department of Physics, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907 (United States)
  2. Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois 60439 (United States)
  3. GE Corporate Research and Development, Schenectady, New York 12309 (United States)
The effects of zero-point motion and the anharmonicity of the lattice vibrations of diamond have been explored theoretically in the context of a valence force model explicitly incorporating the isotopic composition. The predictions are tested in a study of the elastic moduli ({ital c}{sub {ital ij}}) deduced from Brillouin spectra and the zone center optical mode frequency ({omega}{sub 0}) from Raman spectra of isotopically controlled diamond specimens. On the basis of the anharmonicity parameter of the model associated with bond stretching, deduced from a comparison of the theory with experimentally reported dependence of the lattice parameter with the atomic fraction of {sup 13}C in {sup 12}C{sub 1{minus}{ital x}}{sup 13}C{sub {ital x}} diamond, it is predicted that the bulk modulus of {sup 13}C diamond exceeds that for {sup 12}C diamond by one part in a thousand, just below the experimental sensitivity accessible with Brillouin measurements; {omega}{sub 0} exceeds the value expected from the {ital M}{sup {minus}1/2} dependence, where {ital M} is the average atomic mass, by {approximately} 0.3 cm{sup {minus}1}, consistent with observation. The Gr{umlt u}neisen parameter for {omega}{sub 0} and the third-order bulk modulus are consistent with the theoretical estimates from the present model. The elastic moduli for natural diamond determined in the present study, viz., {ital c}{sub 11}=10.804(5), {ital c}{sub 12}=1.270(10), and {ital c}{sub 44}=5.766(5) in units of 10{sup 12}(dyn/cm{sup 2}) are the most accurate yet obtained. {copyright} {ital 1996 The American Physical Society.}
Research Organization:
Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL
DOE Contract Number:
W-31109-ENG-38
OSTI ID:
288795
Journal Information:
Physical Review, B: Condensed Matter, Journal Name: Physical Review, B: Condensed Matter Journal Issue: 6 Vol. 54; ISSN PRBMDO; ISSN 0163-1829
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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