Dipole-active optical phonons in YTiO3: Ellipsometry study and lattice-dynamics calculations

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 79, Issue 4, 2009, Pages

  Kovaleva, N N ^a,b   Boris, A V ^a,b   Capogna, L ^c,d   Gavartin, J L ^e   Popovich, P ^a   Yordanov, P ^a   Maljuk, A ^f   Stoneham, A M ^g   Keimer, B ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR FESTKÖRPERFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

^b LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c CNR INFM   (France)

^d INSTITUT LAUE LANGEVIN   (France)

^e Accelrys Limited UK   (United Kingdom)

^f HAHN MEITNER INSTITUT   (Germany)

^g UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 59749096295     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.79.045114     Document Type: Article

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