Surface phonon-polaritons in slabs of polar ternary mixed crystals are investigated with the modified random-element-isodisplacement model and the Born-Huang approximation, based on Maxwell's equations with the usual...Surface phonon-polaritons in slabs of polar ternary mixed crystals are investigated with the modified random-element-isodisplacement model and the Born-Huang approximation, based on Maxwell's equations with the usual boundary conditions. The numerical results of the surface phonon-polariton frequencies as functions of the wave-vector and thickness for slabs of ternary mixed crystals AlxGa1-xAs, Znx Cd1-x S,and Gax In1-x N are obtained and discussed. It is shown that there are four branches of surface phonon-polaritons in slab systems. The “two-mode” and “one-mode” behaviors of surface phonon-polaritons are also shown in their dispersion curves.展开更多
文摘Surface phonon-polaritons in slabs of polar ternary mixed crystals are investigated with the modified random-element-isodisplacement model and the Born-Huang approximation, based on Maxwell's equations with the usual boundary conditions. The numerical results of the surface phonon-polariton frequencies as functions of the wave-vector and thickness for slabs of ternary mixed crystals AlxGa1-xAs, Znx Cd1-x S,and Gax In1-x N are obtained and discussed. It is shown that there are four branches of surface phonon-polaritons in slab systems. The “two-mode” and “one-mode” behaviors of surface phonon-polaritons are also shown in their dispersion curves.