Raman scattering by LO phonon-plasmon coupled modes inn-type InP
Author(s) -
L. Artús,
R. Cuscó,
Jordi Ibáñez,
Noelia Blanco,
G. González-Dı́az
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
physical review. b, condensed matter
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1095-3795
pISSN - 0163-1829
DOI - 10.1103/physrevb.60.5456
Subject(s) - plasmon , physics , raman scattering , condensed matter physics , phonon , raman spectroscopy , scattering , dielectric function , electron , dielectric , spectral line , atomic physics , quantum mechanics
We have studied LO phonon-plasmon coupled modes by means of Raman scattering in n-InP for carrier densities between 6x10(16) and 1x10(19) cm(-3). A line-shape theory based on the Lindhard-Mermin dielectric function that takes into account the nonparabolicity of the InP conduction band as well as temperature and finite wave-vector effects is used to fit the Raman spectra and extract accurate values of the electron density. The results obtained from the Lindhard-Mermin model are compared with the charge density determinations based on the Drude and the hydrodynamical models, and the approximations involved in these models are discussed
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