Interpretation of features in the surface-phonon dispersion curves of KBr(001) and RbBr(001)

Journal Article · Tue May 15 00:00:00 EDT 1990 · Physical Review, B: Condensed Matter; (USA)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.41.10146· OSTI ID:7056455

Safron, S A; Chern, G; Brug, W P; Skofronick, J G ^[1]; Benedek, G ^[2]

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1. Department of Chemistry, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida 32306-3006 (USA) Department of Physics, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL (USA)
2. Max-Planck-Institut fuer Stroemungsforschung, Bunsenstrasse 10, D-3400 Goettingen (Federal Republic of Germany)

The crossing surface mode and an anomaly in the optical surface-phonon dispersion recently observed in KBr(001) by means of helium scattering are analyzed and interpreted on the basis of a Green's-function calculation of KBr(001) surface dynamics. The nature and origin of crossing modes in isobaric crystals like RbBr and nonisobaric crystals like KBr are reexamined in light of a general mechanism based on LA-LO hybridization in the {l angle}100{r angle} direction. Their dispersion is then accounted for in terms of zone-boundary bands, specifically TA{sub 2}. LA-LO hybridization is also invoked to explain the anomaly observed in the optical surface mode.

• DOE Contract Number: FG05-85ER45208
• OSTI ID: 7056455
• Journal Information: Physical Review, B: Condensed Matter; (USA), Vol. 41:14; ISSN 0163-1829
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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