[PDF] Dynamics Of Nonequilibrium Broadband Phonon Distributions eBook

Author : Walter E. Bron
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 682 pages
File Size : 35,35 MB
Release : 2013-11-11
Category : Science
ISBN : 1461325013

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Phonons are always present in the solid state even at an absolute temperature of 0 K where zero point vibrations still abound. Moreover, phonons interact with all other excitations of the solid state and, thereby, influence most of its properties. Historically experimental information on phonon transport came from measurements of thermal conductivity. Over the past two decades much more, and much more detailed, information on phonon transport and on many of the inherent phonon interaction processes have come to light from experiments which use nonequilibrium phonons to study their dynamics. The resultant research field has most recently blossomed with the development of ever more sophisticated experimental and theoretical methods which can be applied to it. In fact, the field is moving so rapidly that new members of the research community have difficulties in keeping up to date. This NATO Advanced Study Institute (ASI) was organized with the objective of overcoming the information barrier between those expert in the field and those who are new to it. Thus it was decided to (i) organize a set of tutorially based lectures covering most of the important facets in the field, and (ii) to produce an Institute proceedings which would serve both as the first general textbook, as well as a valuable reference book, for this field of knowledge.

Author : W. E. Bron
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Page : 16 pages
File Size : 17,26 MB
Release : 1986
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The research program during the past three year grant period has been quite successful in devising new, and adapting existing, laser based techniques to the study of short and ultra-short duration laser induced transient dynamics. For the most part, work has concentrated on the dynamics of excited, nonequilibrium phonon distributions in semiconductors and in ionic solids. The excitation brings the solids well away from thermal equilibrium. It has been the author's contention that phonon dynamics and phonon transport can be investigated in greater detail by nonequilibrium techniques than by thermal equilibrium techniques as, e.g., thermal conductivity measurements. The results obtained so far offer an excellent opportunity for the expansion of existing methods and facilities to new areas of research. Keywords: Transient Phonon Dynamics; Lasers; Ionic Solids; Phonon Dynamics; and Phonon Transport.

Author : Vasilios N. Stavrou
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 39,79 MB
Release : 2018-12-12
Category : Science
ISBN : 1789846269

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The field of low-dimensional structures has been experiencing rapid development in both theoretical and experimental research. Phonons in Low Dimensional Structures is a collection of chapters related to the properties of solid-state structures dependent on lattice vibrations. The book is divided into two parts. In the first part, research topics such as interface phonons and polaron states, carrier-phonon non-equilibrium dynamics, directional projection of elastic waves in parallel array of N elastically coupled waveguides, collective dynamics for longitudinal and transverse phonon modes, and elastic properties for bulk metallic glasses are related to semiconductor devices and metallic glasses devices. The second part of the book contains, among others, topics related to superconductor, phononic crystal carbon nanotube devices such as phonon dispersion calculations using density functional theory for a range of superconducting materials, phononic crystal-based MEMS resonators, absorption of acoustic phonons in the hyper-sound regime in fluorine-modified carbon nanotubes and single-walled nanotubes, phonon transport in carbon nanotubes, quantization of phonon thermal conductance, and phonon Anderson localization.

Author : Edoardo Baldini
Publisher : Springer
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 41,92 MB
Release : 2018-03-28
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 3319774980

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This book studies the dynamics of fundamental collective excitations in quantum materials, focusing on the use of state-of-the-art ultrafast broadband optical spectroscopy. Collective behaviour in solids lies at the origin of several cooperative phenomena that can lead to profound transformations, instabilities and phase transitions. Revealing the dynamics of collective excitations is a topic of pivotal importance in contemporary condensed matter physics, as it provides information on the strength and spatial distribution of interactions and correlation. The experimental framework explored in this book relies on setting a material out-of-equilibrium by an ultrashort laser pulse and monitoring the photo-induced changes in its optical properties over a broad spectral region in the visible or deep-ultraviolet. Collective excitations (e.g. plasmons, excitons, phonons...) emerge either in the frequency domain as spectral features across the probed range, or in the time domain as coherent modes triggered by the pump pulse. Mapping the temporal evolution of these collective excitations provides access to the hierarchy of low-energy phenomena occurring in the solid during its path towards thermodynamic equilibrium. This methodology is used to investigate a number of strongly interacting and correlated materials with an increasing degree of internal complexity beyond conventional band theory.

Author : O Kanert
Publisher : World Scientific
Page : 1424 pages
File Size : 29,1 MB
Release : 1993-06-18
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ISBN : 9814553468

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The proceedings reflect the Twelfth International Conference on Defects in Insulating Materials, covering topics on point defects and extended defects including theory and computer simulation in various insulating materials, as well as applications in laser physics, imaging, data storage and radioactive waste disposal.