Raman scattering from CuBr and CuI
Abstract
Detailed temperature-dependent Raman spectra of CuI and CuBr are reported for the first time. Spectra have been recorded between room temperature and 6K. Peaks arising from scattering by the zone-center optic phonon modes have been identified and their frequencies compared with those determined by neutron scattering and infrared measurements. The LO phonon energy in CuBr is found to reflect the negative thermal expansion at low temperatures while the TO phonon frequency does not follow this behavior. Second-order features of the CuI spectrum are identified using available phonon dispersion curves.
- Publication:
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Solid State Communications
- Pub Date:
- August 1973
- DOI:
- 10.1016/0038-1098(73)90615-7
- Bibcode:
- 1973SSCom..13..389P