INFRARED LATTICE VIBRATIONS OF MAGNESIUM STANNIDE.

Abstract

The room-temperature infrared reflection spectrum of semiconducting Mg2Sn with carrier concentration of 3 X 10 to the 17th power 1/cc has been measured between the wavelengths of 5 and 100 microns. By classical oscillator theory, the reflectivity of the fundamental lattice vibration region has been analyzed, and the following obtained: frequencies, strengths, and linewidths of the infrared active modes; high and low frequency dielectric constant values; and the refractive index n and extinction coefficient k as a function of wavelength. In order to fit the experimental results, it is necessary to assume two sets of dispersion parameters with the strong transverse optical (TO) resonance at 53.75 microns (186 1/cm) and a weak one at 48.25 microns (207 1/cm). (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1965
Accession Number
AD0620623

Entities

People

  • A. Kahan
  • E. V. Loewenstein
  • H. G. Lipson

Organizations

  • Air Force Cambridge Research Laboratories

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Chemical Compounds
  • Coefficients
  • Compound Semiconductors
  • Crystal Lattice Vibrations
  • Crystal Lattices
  • Dielectric Permittivity
  • Dispersions
  • Electronics
  • Extinction
  • Frequency
  • Frequency Shift
  • Magnesium
  • Reflection
  • Reflectivity
  • Refractive Index
  • Semiconductors
  • Vibration

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Astronomy/Astrophysics
  • Atmospheric Science / Meteorology, specifically Wind Wave Turbulence.
  • Materials Science and Engineering.