Lattice vibrations general results: 1 st Brillouin Zone: Nk-points (N = # cells) 3m modes/point (m = # in basis). • Group velocity ( ): Generally zero at high symmetry points on Z.B. (“standing waves”) • 3D case: Acoustic – always 3 of these (in 3D cases) Optical: the remaining 3m-3 branches (only for lattice with basis). k k g v = ! ! LA TA L & T modes ~ compression & shear waves (best for large ; for general k displacement orientations may be more complicated)
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Lattice vibrations general results:
1st Brillouin Zone: N k-points (N = # cells)
3m modes/point (m = # in basis).
• Group velocity ( ):
Generally zero at high symmetry points on Z.B. (“standing waves”)• 3D case:
Acoustic – always 3 of these (in 3D cases)
Optical: the remaining 3m-3 branches (only for lattice with basis).
k¶¶w
wkgv Ñ=!!
LA
TA
L & T modes ~ compression & shear waves (best for large l; for general k displacement orientations may be more complicated)
Mg2Ca and Al2Ca(hexagonal structure) (Zhang et al., Intermetallics 22, 17, 2012)(note density of modes D(w) at bottom.)
Ge: Weber, Phys. Rev. B 15 (1977) 4789
Pd: Stewart, New J. Phys. 10, 043025 (2008).
FCC (with and without basis)
Typical plots: dispersion curves shown alongselected paths in k-space
Ba8Al16Ge30Nenghabi and Myles, J Phys. Cond. Mat. 20, 415214 (2008)
54 atoms / cell (x-ray, same structure)
Y. Li et al., Phys. Rev. B 75, 054513 (2007).
(from a talk posted by A. Kirk, McGill Univ.)
(theoretical result, material = Si)
metamaterials: Artificial crystallinity can be used to tailor wave propagation.“Phononic crystals” refers to larger scale periodic structures for sound waves.
Phonon Density of Modes:• Recall density of k-points = V/(2p)3
• Per k-point, 3Nm branches (3 ´ # cells ´ number in basis)
• For quantities depending only on energy: density of modes,D(w) = (# states between w, w + dw)
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Note, D(w) is same as density of quantizedmodes (phonons)
dwcorrection →
Debye approximation:• Assume w = kc for all modes.• Assume 3 branches, cut off at a sphere