The LO phonon lifetime in GaN

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Ridley, BK
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[1] Department of Physics, University of Essex
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10.1088/0953-8984/8/37/001
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O469 [凝聚态物理学];
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070205 ;
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The disparity in the masses of the atomic constituents of GaN means that the usually-assumed mode of decay of a long-wavelength LO mode into two LA modes is forbidden. However, given the available information about the phonon spectrum, it appears that a possible decay route is provided by the emission of a TO and an LA phonon.
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