Vibrational properties of the LiNbO3 z-surfaces

IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control

Volumn 58, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1751-1756

  Sanna, Simone ^a   Berth, Gerhard ^a   Hahn, Wjatscheslaw ^a   Widhalm, Alex ^a   Zrenner, Artur ^a   Schmidt, Wolf G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADERBORN   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE METHODS; BULK-MODE; FIRST-PRINCIPLES CALCULATION; PHONON MODE; PIEZOELECTRIC PROPERTY; SPECTROSCOPY MEASUREMENTS; SURFACE POLARITIES; VIBRATIONAL MODES; VIBRATIONAL PROPERTIES;

CALCULATIONS; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; DIELECTRIC MATERIALS; PHONONS; RAMAN SCATTERING; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY;

SURFACES;

EID: 80053000486     PISSN: 08853010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TUFFC.2011.2012     Document Type: Conference Paper

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