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Phonons, Electrons, and Electron-Phonon Interaction: Semiconductors and High-T c Superconductors

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Ultrafast Dynamics of Quantum Systems

Part of the book series: NATO Science Series: B: ((NSSB,volume 372))

Abstract

These lectures discuss the information which can be obtained about electronic structure, phonons, and electron-phonon interaction in crystals by means of laser Raman spectroscopy. As prototype materials we choose conventional semiconductors (Ge, Si, GaAs) for which considerable amount of knowledge has accumulated during the past 40 years, and high-T c superconductors which have been in the headlines for the past ten years. The Raman technique yields information about low frequency excitations (bosons), of energies typically below 0.5 eV. These excitations can be either of a vibronic (phonons, localized vibrational modes) or an electronic nature(electronic interband transitions, plasmons, magnons). Examples of excitations of a mixed electronic and vibronic nature will also be discussed.

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Cardona, M. (2002). Phonons, Electrons, and Electron-Phonon Interaction: Semiconductors and High-T c Superconductors. In: Di Bartolo, B., Gambarota, G. (eds) Ultrafast Dynamics of Quantum Systems. NATO Science Series: B:, vol 372. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/0-306-47080-2_7

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