Phonon scattering via an atomic well in free standing thin solid films

Surface Review and Letters

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 271-280

  Khater, A ^a,b   Belhadi, M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU MAINE   (France)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ MOULOUD MAMMERI   (Algeria)

Author keywords

Localized modes; Phonons in low dimensional nanoscale materials; Surface and interface dynamics

Indexed keywords

COHERENT PHONONS; COHERENT SCATTERINGS; ELASTIC FORCES; ELASTIC INTERACTIONS; FANO RESONANCES; FORCE CONSTANTS; FREQUENCY INTERVALS; INCIDENCE ANGLES; LANDAUER; LOCALIZED MODES; MATCHING METHODS; MODEL SYSTEMS; NEAREST NEIGHBORS; NUMERICAL RESULTS; PHONON MODES; PHONONS IN LOW-DIMENSIONAL NANOSCALE MATERIALS; RAYLEIGH-LIKE MODES; REFLECTION AND TRANSMISSIONS; SCATTERING CROSS SECTIONS; SOLID FILMS; SPECTRAL FEATURES; STRESS-FREE SURFACES; SURFACE AND INTERFACE DYNAMICS; THEORETICAL MODELS; THIN SOLID FILMS;

ATOMS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; CUTOFF FREQUENCY; DYNAMICS; ELASTIC CONSTANTS; ELASTICITY; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; SCATTERING; SURFACES;

PHONONS;

EID: 65349129357     PISSN: 0218625X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0218625X09012585     Document Type: Article

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