Self-consistent T-matrix approach to gap renormalization in quantum magnets with bond disorder

Utesov, Oleg I.

doi:10.1016/j.jmmm.2020.167616

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“…In nanoparticles, the finite size quantization q → q n makes eq qualitatively correct. The more-involved self-consistent theory (see ref ) results in Γ q ∼ c imp 2/3 + O ( q 2 ). In any case, the damping in the resonant regime becomes large and the particle size dependence for overlapped levels Γ ∼ 1/ L is violated.…”

Section: Theorymentioning

confidence: 99%

Effects of Bond Disorder and Surface Amorphization on Optical Phonon Lifetimes and Raman Peak Shape in Crystalline Nanoparticles

2021

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Optical phonons in nanoparticles with randomness of interatomic bonds are considered both analytically and numerically. For weak dilute disorder, two qualitatively different regimes of separated and overlapped levels are observed, resembling the case of random atomic masses investigated previously. At stronger and/or more dense disorder, the particles become essentially inhomogeneous, thus constituting a minimal model to describe an amorphous phase, where the picture of vibrational modes becomes more subtle. We concentrate here on the experimentally relevant case of a strong disorder located near the particle surface and formulate the core-shell model aimed to describe the ubiquitous phenomenon of particle surface amorphization. We observe a peculiar effect of volume optical phonons "repelling" from the disordered shell. It results in the Raman spectrum appearing in the form of a combination of narrow well-resolved peaks stemming from the quantized modes of a pure particle core (red-shifted due to its effective smaller size) and a wide pedestallike signal from the disordered shell, placed primarily to the right of the main Raman peak.

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Section: Theorymentioning

confidence: 99%