LATTICE-DYNAMICS OF INCOMMENSURATE CRYSTAL PHASES

被引:59
作者
JANSSEN, T
机构
[1] Institute for Theoretical Physics, University of Nijmegen, Nijmegen
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JOURNAL OF PHYSICS C-SOLID STATE PHYSICS | 1979年 / 12卷 / 24期
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10.1088/0022-3719/12/24/010
中图分类号
O469 [凝聚态物理学];
学科分类号
070205 ;
摘要
The lattice dynamics of incommensurate modulated crystals is discussed in the harmonic approximation. The study is based on the symmetry group of such a crystal, i.e. a superspace group. The normal modes may be characterised by irreducible representations of the symmetry group. It is shown that the relevant representations may be labelled by wave-vectors in the Brillouin zone of the basic space group. The reduction of the equations of motion is treated. Finally selection rules for infrared absorption are derived.
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