IMPULSIVE LIGHT-SCATTERING BY COHERENT PHONONS IN LAALO3 - DISORDER AND BOUNDARY EFFECTS

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作者
LIU, Y
FRENKEL, A
GARRETT, GA
WHITAKER, JF
FAHY, S
UHER, C
MERLIN, R
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[1] UNIV MICHIGAN,HARRISON M RANDALL LAB PHYS,ANN ARBOR,MI 48109
[2] NATL UNIV IRELAND UNIV COLL CORK,DEPT PHYS,CORK,IRELAND
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.75.334
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O4 [物理学];
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0702 ;
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Pump-probe measurements of coherent-phonon-induced changes of refractive index in LaAlO3 are dominated by normally weak boundary effects. Atomic displacements in the range 50-500 μÅ were generated and probed by femtosecond laser pulses through impulsive Raman scattering. The absence of a bulk contribution is ascribed to phase mismatch due to domain disorder. Selection rules are consistent with a Raman model considering reflection and transmission at interfaces. Intensities and phonon parameters as a function of temperature agree well with incoherent Raman data. © 1995 The American Physical Society.
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