Temperature dependence discontinuity of the phonon mode frequencies caused by a zero-gap state in HgCdTe alloys

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 102, Issue 4, 2009, Pages

  Sheregii, E M ^a   Cebulski, J ^a   Marcelli, A ^b   Piccinini, M ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RZESZÓW   (Poland)

^b INFN LABORATORI NAZIONALI DI FRASCATI   (Italy)

^c ROMA TRE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; MERCURY COMPOUNDS; METALLIC COMPOUNDS; PHONONS; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION;

BRILLIANT SYNCHROTRON RADIATIONS; CDTE; EXPERIMENTAL DATUM; EXTERNAL PRESSURES; FAR-INFRARED; GAP STATE; HG1-XCDXTE; HGCDTE; OPTICAL REFLECTIVITIES; OPTICAL-PHONON MODES; PHONON MODES; SPECTRAL REGIONS; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCES;

CERIUM ALLOYS;

EID: 60449089722     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.102.045504     Document Type: Article

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