Mechanism for displacive excitation of coherent phonons in Sb, Bi, Te, and Ti2O3
- 14 October 1991
- journal article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Applied Physics Letters
- Vol. 59 (16) , 1923-1925
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.106187
Abstract
Coherent phonons in Sb, Bi, Te, and Ti2O3 can be generated impulsively, and detected in the time domain through reflectivity modulation using 60 fs pulses of laser light at 2 eV. Experimental data for these opaque solids suggest that a direct Raman excitation mechanism is not responsible for coherent phonon generation. Rather, the excitation is attributed to an electronically induced displacement of the ion equilibrium coordinates.Keywords
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