PHONONS IN MIXED-VALENCE SYSTEMS

被引:29
作者
BENNEMANN, KH [1 ]
AVIGNON, M [1 ]
机构
[1] CNRS,TRANSIT PHASES GRP,F-38042 GRENOBLE,FRANCE
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10.1016/0038-1098(79)90315-6
中图分类号
O469 [凝聚态物理学];
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070205 ;
摘要
The effect of valence changes due to f{hook}←d electronic transitions on phonons is studied. A large electronic density of states at the Fermi-energy in the intermediate valence state causes significant softening of the longitudinal acoustic and optic phonons and large phonon line-widths. These phonon renormalizations due to strong electron-lattice coupling are largest for phonon wavevectors q along the (111)-direction and maximal at the zone-boundary for LO modes and nearly half-way towards the zone-boundary in the case of LA mode. The results agree well with recent neutron scattering data on Sm0.75Y0.25S. © 1979.
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