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Boson peak measurements in neutron-irradiated quartz crystals

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We have measured the low-frequency Raman scattering in neutron-irradiated quartz crystals with four different irradiation doses from 4.7×1019 n/cm2 to 1×1020 n/cm2 and for 2 different crystallographic directions. For the used doses the range of density change of the investigated samples was 12% (the maximum change during amorphization is 14%) and the amorphous fraction varied from 35% to 100%. The same measurement was done in neutron-irradiated amorphous silica with a maximal dose 2×1020 n/cm2. In all cases we observed the boson peak in the Raman spectra. The position of the peak, at 67±3 cm-1, was found to be the same for all the investigated samples independent of the dose. The shape of the peak for doses 6.8× 1019 n/cm2 and higher was also found to be the same for 5 investigated samples (including irradiated vitreous silica). We found that the position of the boson peak in neutron-irradiated quartz crystals and vitreous silica corresponds to the Ioffe-Regel crossover frequency for phonons. The origin of the boson peak in neutron-irradiated quartz and vitreous silica can be attributed to local soft optic modes, which are analogous to the soft optic mode that drives the α–β transition in quartz.

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  2. A.F. Ioffe Physical Technical Institute, Politechnicheskaya 26, St.-Petersburg, 194021, Russia

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Parshin, M., Laermans, C. & Melehin, V. Boson peak measurements in neutron-irradiated quartz crystals. Eur. Phys. J. B 49, 47–57 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1140/epjb/e2006-00018-0

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