Optical phonon decay in bulk aluminum nitride

D. Y. Song; M. Holtz; A. Chandolu; S. A. Nikishin; E. N. Mokhov; Yu Makarov; H. Helava

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Optical phonon decay in bulk aluminum nitride

D. Y. Song, M. Holtz, A. Chandolu, S. A. Nikishin, E. N. Mokhov, Yu Makarov, H. Helava

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We report Raman studies of the E ₂ ² and A ₁(LO) symmetry phonons of bulk A1N from 13 to 375 K. Based on observed dependences of the phonon energies and linewidths, and accounting for the temperature-dependent thermal expansion, we determine that both phonon lifetimes are limited by two-phonon decay. The E ₂ ² decays symmetrically. The A ₁(LO) asymmetrically decays into vibrations with energies 586 and 309 cm ^-1 which we attribute to A ₁(TO) and LA phonons from the M point of the Brillouin zone.

Original language	English
Article number	021901
Journal	Applied Physics Letters
Volume	89
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2219092
State	Published - 2006

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