THEORY OF SURFACE ACOUSTIC PHONON NORMAL-MODES AND LIGHT-SCATTERING CROSS-SECTION IN A PERIODICALLY CORRUGATED SURFACE

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作者
GIOVANNINI, L [1 ]
NIZZOLI, F [1 ]
MARVIN, AM [1 ]
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[1] UNIV CAGLIARI,DIPARTIMENTO SCI FIS,I-09100 CAGLIARI,ITALY
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.69.1572
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O4 [物理学];
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0702 ;
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We have developed a theory of surface acoustic phonon normal modes and of Brillouin-scattering ripple cross section for a periodically corrugated surface of an opaque material, in the small corrugation limit. Both the discrete and continuous spectra of acoustic modes on a grating have been studied within the elasticity theory. In the continuum, the Rayleigh wave becomes a resonance and hybridizes with the longitudinal pseudomode of the flat surface, giving rise to a gap. The theory explains quantitatively recent experimental results obtained for a shallow grating on a Si(001) surface.
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