A theoretical investigation has been made of the linewidth of the Rayleigh mode on the Al(111) surface due to cubic anharmonic interactions between atoms. The normal-mode frequencies and eigenvectors for the harmonic crystal were calculated by using a model containing central interactions extending up to tenth-nearest neighbors and three-body interactions extending up to second-nearest neighbors. This model reproduces with great accuracy the experimental bulk-phonon frequencies as well as the surface-phonon frequencies. The linewidths were evaluated along the SIGMA-BAR direction as a function of the lateral momentum transfer and at the MBAR point as a function of the temperature. The results compare favorably with recent experimental data.
Theory of the anharmonic linewidths of surface phonons in aluminum / Franchini, Anna; Santoro, Giorgio; Bortolani, Virginio; Maradudin, Aa; Wallis, Rf. - In: PHYSICAL REVIEW. B, CONDENSED MATTER. - ISSN 0163-1829. - STAMPA. - 45:(1992), pp. 11982-11988. [10.1103/PhysRevB.45.11982]
Theory of the anharmonic linewidths of surface phonons in aluminum
FRANCHINI, Anna;SANTORO, Giorgio;BORTOLANI, Virginio;
1992-01-01
Abstract
A theoretical investigation has been made of the linewidth of the Rayleigh mode on the Al(111) surface due to cubic anharmonic interactions between atoms. The normal-mode frequencies and eigenvectors for the harmonic crystal were calculated by using a model containing central interactions extending up to tenth-nearest neighbors and three-body interactions extending up to second-nearest neighbors. This model reproduces with great accuracy the experimental bulk-phonon frequencies as well as the surface-phonon frequencies. The linewidths were evaluated along the SIGMA-BAR direction as a function of the lateral momentum transfer and at the MBAR point as a function of the temperature. The results compare favorably with recent experimental data.
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