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The nature of low-frequency Raman scattering in congruent melting crystals of lithium niobate

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Raman spectra of congruent melting crystals of lithium niobate are studied. It is shown that a band near ∼100 cm−1 corresponds to first-order Raman scattering and is due to nonstoichiometry of the crystal. The adequacy of various models for description of this band is discussed.

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  1. Institute of Automatics and Electrometry, Siberian Division, Russian Academy of Sciences, Universitetskii pr. 1, Novosibirsk, 630090, Russia

    N. V. Surovtsev, V. K. Malinovskii & A. M. Pugachev

  2. Joint Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Siberian Division, Russian Academy of Sciences, pr. Nauki 3, Novosibirsk, 630090, Russia

    A. P. Shebanin

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Translated from Fizika Tverdogo Tela, Vol. 45, No. 3, 2003, pp. 505–512.

Original Russian Text Copyright © 2003 by Surovtsev, Malinovski\(\overset{\lower0.5em\hbox{$\smash{\scriptscriptstyle\smile}$}}{l} \), Pugachev, Shebanin.

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Surovtsev, N.V., Malinovskii, V.K., Pugachev, A.M. et al. The nature of low-frequency Raman scattering in congruent melting crystals of lithium niobate. Phys. Solid State 45, 534–541 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1134/1.1562243

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