Phonon coherent states and response functions of harmonic polarizable crystals

  • Nice Terzi
Turbulence, Chaos and Nonlinear Dynamics
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Part of the Advances in Solid State Physics book series (ASSP, volume 25)

Abstract

Generation and detection of coherent states of phonons in harmonic polarizable crystals are considered. Infrared absorption of coherent light and radiative recombination of trapped excitons are in particular discussed as candidate processes.

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© Friedr. Vieweg & Sohn Verlagsgesellschaft mbH 1985

Authors and Affiliations

  • Nice Terzi
    • 1
  1. 1.Dipartimento di Fisica dell'Università di MilanoMilanoItaly

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