Dispersion of the long-wavelength phonons in Ge, Si, GaAs, quartz, and sapphire

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 63, Issue 22, 2001, Pages

  Hao, H Y ^a   Maris, H J ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; GALLIUM; GERMANIUM; SILICON; SILICON DIOXIDE;

ARTICLE; CRYSTAL; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MEASUREMENT; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; SOUND TRANSMISSION; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; ULTRASOUND;

EID: 0000138265     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.63.224301     Document Type: Article

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