6. LOW-TEMPERATURE PROPERTIES OF NON-CRYSTALLINE SOLIDS

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6. LOW-TEMPERATURE PROPERTIES OF NON-CRYSTALLINE SOLIDS T > 1 K : other low-frequency excitations, “soft modes”, and the Soft-Potential Model

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6. LOW-TEMPERATURE PROPERTIES OF NON-CRYSTALLINE SOLIDS T > 1 K : other low-frequency excitations, “soft modes”, and the Soft-Potential Model. T > 1 K ?. U. Buchenau e t al ., Phys.Rev. B34 , 5665 (1986). Basic assumptions of the SOFT-POTENTIAL MODEL:. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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6. LOW-TEMPERATURE PROPERTIESOF NON-CRYSTALLINE SOLIDS

T > 1 K: other low-frequency excitations, “soft modes”, and the Soft-Potential Model

T > 1 K ?

U. Buchenau et al., Phys.Rev. B34, 5665 (1986)

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Basic assumptions of the SOFT-POTENTIAL MODEL:

The SOFT-POTENTIAL MODEL

V(x) = W (D1 x + D2 x2 + x4 )

 (i) The soft modes can on average be characterized by a single energy W (ii) D1 and D2 are randomly distributed around the origin of the D1 - D2 plane: 

P(D1 , D2) = P(0, 0) Ps  (iii) The interaction between the soft modes and the sound waves isbilinear in the displacement of the soft mode and in the strain fieldof the sound wave:

Vl,t = l,t x l,t

D2 < 0

V(x) = W x4

D2 > 0D2=D1=0

V(x) = W (D1 x + D2 x2 + x4 )

TUNNELING MODEL SOFT POTENTIAL MODEL

2

02,DWPPP s 2/2Djj

WP

P jsj

22

0

2/3

20 32exp DW 21 2DWD

SPM universal constants:

SOFT-POTENTIAL MODEL: Specific heat

)(ln

91

6)( exp3/1

3/12

, Tt

WTkkPTC

min

BBsTLSp

56

, 212)(

WTkkPTC B

Bssmp

minTW 28.1

0.1 0.5 1 5 10

0.5

1

5

10

50

W /1.85

T5T

Phillips Zeller&Pohl

Debye

SiO2

(Cp-C

Deb)/

T3 (J/

g·K

)

T (K)

53)( TCTCTCTC smDTLSp

)(ln

91

6)( exp3/1

3/12

, Tt

WTkkPTC

min

BBsTLSp

56

, 212)(

WTkkPTC B

Bssmp ]·28.1[ minTW

SPM fit:

{

1 10

2

4

6

810

20

T3Debye

2020.5 5

(B2O3)84 (Na2O)16

C p/T3 (

J/g∙

K)

T (K)

,

M.A.R. , Philos. Mag. (2004)

CALCULATION OF THE THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY

(

( )

( )

( )

max·6.1 TW

CBTkW min85.1

Tc

max6.1 TkW B

2.1/1

QcBTkW

SPM

M.A.R. and U. Buchenau, Phys. Rev. B 55, 5749 (1997)

L. Gil et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 70, 182 (1993)

2121 exp),( ADPDDP s 2/3)/(169.0 gBTkWA

4/14/3minmax 07.1 gTTT

Ioffe-Regel limit:

2/IR

)()( QQ

SPM WCE IRIR3/122

phonon localization when itsmean free path decreasesdown to half the wavelength:

for Brillouin scattering: