Published August 1, 2007 | Version v1
Journal article

Evidence of longitudinal resonance and optical subsurface phonons in Al(001)

  • 1. Physics Department, Goeteborgs University, Fysikgraend 3, S-412 96 Goeteborg (Sweden)
  • 2. Dipartimento di Scienza dei Materiali, Universita di Milano-Bicocca, Via R. Cozzi 53, 20125 Milan (Italy)
  • 3. Max-Planck-Institut fuer Dynamik und Selbstorganization, Bunsenstrasse 10, 37072 Goettingen (Germany)

Description

A calculation of the surface phonon dispersion curves of Al(001) based on density functional perturbation theory confirms the intrinsic nature of the controversial longitudinal surface phonon resonance, which has been reported to occur in most metal surfaces. The results support previous density-response pseudopotential and semi-empirical Born-von-Karman calculations by Franchini, Bortolani, et al, proving the extended nature of the surface perturbation. The latter implies the existence of a Lucas pair of optical surface modes localized in the second layer

Additional details

Identifiers

DOI
10.1088/0953-8984/19/30/305011;
PII
S0953-8984(07)43304-5;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Journal of Physics. Condensed Matter
Journal Volume
19
Journal Issue
30
Journal Page Range
p. 305011
ISSN
0953-8984
CODEN
JCOMEL

Conference

Title
12. workshop on surface dynamics
Dates
22-25 Jun 2006
Place
Modena (Italy)

INIS

Country of Publication
United Kingdom
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
39043928
Subject category
S75: CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS, SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND SUPERFLUIDITY;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Conference
Descriptors DEI
ALUMINIUM; DENSITY; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL METHOD; DIAGRAMS; LAYERS; PERTURBATION THEORY; PHONONS; POTENTIALS; RESONANCE; SURFACES
Descriptors DEC
CALCULATION METHODS; ELEMENTS; INFORMATION; METALS; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; QUASI PARTICLES; VARIATIONAL METHODS