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Model studies of transformation of dispersion of phonon spectra in defect structures of ABC3 type

Ivan I. Nebola 1Ivan M. Shkirta 2

1. Uzhhorod National University, Uzhhorod 88000, Ukraine
2. Mukachevo Technological Institiute, Mukachevo 89600, Ukraine

Abstract
In the framework of superspatial symmetry concept we have elaboated a procedure for the calculation of dispersion of phonon spectrum, admitting continuous variation of force constant values and average values of mass characteristics at separate crystallographic sites. ABC3 structure is considered as a 2a×2a×2a

superlattice, for which a generalized dynamic matrix is constructed, involving an array of eight modulation vectors which determine the dynamic matrices of the protocrystal and mass defect matrices.

Based on the elaborated procedure, the transformation of dispersion of phonon spectra of BaTiO3-type crystalline structures was studied, the formation of defects in all sites of this structure being simulated. The transformation was analyzed with both conservation and variation of space groups (Oh to D4h). A detailed analysis of variation of the dispersion curves in the vicinity of the Γ point at small variation of the average is performed for defect structures of А (BaTiOOOd) and В (BaTiOOdOd) type where d determines the position at which vacancies are located. Transitions between the defect-free structure and A or B type structures as well as the transition between these structures are analyzed. Dispersion curve families have been calculated. Complicated transformations of the phonon spectra degeneracies in some point of the Brillouin zone of the A and B type structures are shown to occur in the frequency range near 350 cm-1 at small variations of average mass characteristics, depending on these variation values.

 

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Presentation: Poster at E-MRS Fall Meeting 2008, Symposium J, by Ivan I. Nebola
See On-line Journal of E-MRS Fall Meeting 2008

Submitted: 2008-06-22 10:22
Revised:   2009-06-07 00:48