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(Ga,In)P: A standard alloy in the classification of phonon mode behavior

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O. Pages, A. Chafi, D. Fristot, A. V. Postnikov

Materials Science · Submitted 19 Feb 2006 · 3 references

Pith's reading: The authors re-assign the GaP:In impurity mode in (Ga,In)P from ~390 to ~350 cm-1, making the alloy a standard 1-bond to 2-mode system and linking the mode splitting to a predicted ordering limit at eta~0.5.

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The authors re-assign the GaP:In impurity mode in (Ga,In)P from ~390 to ~350 cm-1, making the alloy a standard 1-bond to 2-mode system and linking the mode splitting to a predicted ordering limit at eta~0.5.

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In mixed crystals such as (Ga,In)P, gallium and indium atoms share the phosphorus lattice, and the vibrations of the bonds are classified by how many modes each bond type produces. Textbook rules say (Ga,In)P should have one mode per bond, but its Raman and infrared spectra looked different, with a strong band and a weaker extra band, so the alloy was treated as a unique exception. The authors argue the exception was caused by a mis-assignment: the vibration of an indium impurity inside gallium phosphide was placed at about 390 cm-1, inside the gallium phosphide band, when it should be at about 350 cm-1, below that band. With that change, the gallium-phosphorus and indium-phosphorus vibration bands no longer overlap, matching the standard Elliott criterion. Their 1-bond to 2-mode picture says the gallium-phosphorus bond exists in two local environments, gallium-rich and indium-rich regions, and therefore vibrates at two frequencies, while the indium-phosphorus bond is less sensitive to its environment and gives one frequency. The authors build the full spectral lineshape from a few empirical inputs, reproduce the measured evolution of the mode strengths, and use first-principles bond-length calculations to show that the two gallium-phosphorus environments have slightly different bond lengths. They then propose that the ordering of gallium and indium planes in GaInP2 removes one of the two environments, which would cap the achievable ordering at roughly half. The weakest point is that the new frequency of the indium impurity mode is obtained by fitting the spectra, and their own first-principles estimate is about 20 cm-1 lower.
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The central assertion, stated in the abstract and conclusion, is that the GaP:In impurity mode in random (Ga,In)P is re-assigned from inside the GaP optical band (~390 cm-1) to below it (~350 cm-1), so that the In-P and Ga-P TO phonon branches do not overlap, reconciling (Ga,In)P with the Elliott et al. classification. If correct, random (Ga,In)P is a standard 1-bond to 2-mode alloy, the minor ~390 cm-1 TO mode is a Ga-P vibration from In-rich regions, and the long-standing 'modified 2-mode' consensus is wrong.

Load-bearing premise

The non-overlap conclusion depends on the fitted frequency of the GaP:In impurity mode near 344-350 cm-1 (Sec. III-A, 'The best fit, obtained for omega(In-P)=344 cm-1'), combined with the extrapolated In-P branch. The authors' own first-principles estimate through Eq. (2) gives 330 +/- 0.6 cm-1 (Sec. III-B), about 20 cm-1 lower. If the true GaP:In mode sits near 390 cm-1 as previously assumed, or near 330 cm-1 as the Gruneisen estimate suggests, the Ga-P and In-P TO branches could overlap and the reconciliation with Elliott's criterion would not hold.

Original abstract

Contrary to a broadly accepted assumption we show that random (Ga,In)P is not an exception with respect to the crude classification of the phonon mode behavior of random mixed crystals in terms of 1-bond->1-mode systems or 2-bond->1-mode systems, as established from the simple criterion derived by Elliott et al. [Rev.Mod.Phys. 46, 465 (1974)]. Consistent understanding of the puzzling Raman/infrared behavior of (Ga,In)P, that has been a subject of controversy, is achieved via a basic version of our 1-bond->2-mode model. The Raman/infrared features from (Ga,In)P are accordingly re-assigned, with considerable change with respect to the previous approaches. Besides, we show that the idea of two bond lengths per species in alloys, supported by our 1-bond->2-phonon picture, opens an attractive area for the discussion of spontaneous ordering in GaInP_2, and in mixed crystals in general. The whole discussion is supported by detailed re-examination of the (Ga,In)P Raman/infrared data in the literature, full contour modeling of the transverse and longitudinal optical Raman lineshapes via our phenomenological 1-bond->2-mode model, and first-principles bond length calculations.

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Contrary to a broadly accepted assumption we show that random (Ga,In)P is not an exception with respect to the crude classification of the phonon mode behavior of random mixed crystals in terms of 1-bond->1-mode systems or 2-bond->1-mode systems, as established from the simple criterion derived by Elliott et al. [Rev.Mod.Phys. 46, 465 (1974)]. Consistent understanding of the puzzling Raman/infrared behavior of (Ga,In)P, that has been a subject of controversy, is achieved via a basic version of our 1-bond->2-mode model. The Raman/infrared features from (Ga,In)P are accordingly re-assigned, with considerable change with respect to the previous approaches. Besides, we show that the idea of two bond lengths per species in alloys, supported by our 1-bond->2-phonon picture, opens an attractive area for the discussion of spontaneous ordering in GaInP_2, and in mixed crystals in general. The whole discussion is supported by detailed re-examination of the (Ga,In)P Raman/infrared data in the literature, full contour modeling of the transverse and longitudinal optical Raman lineshapes via our phenomenological 1-bond->2-mode model, and first-principles bond length calculations.

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s0 Contrary to a broadly accepted assumption we show that random (Ga,In)P is not an exception with respect to the crude classification of the phonon mode behavior of random mixed crystals in terms of 1-bond->1-mode systems or 2-bond->1-mode systems, as established from the simple criterion derived by Elliott et al. [Rev.Mod.Phys. 46, 465 (1974)]. result 0.86 0.90 0.79 asserted 1.00
s1 Consistent understanding of the puzzling Raman/infrared behavior of (Ga,In)P, that has been a subject of controversy, is achieved via a basic version of our 1-bond->2-mode model. result 0.54 0.82 0.24 asserted 0.92
s2 The Raman/infrared features from (Ga,In)P are accordingly re-assigned, with considerable change with respect to the previous approaches. result 0.74 0.85 0.11 asserted 1.00
s3 Besides, we show that the idea of two bond lengths per species in alloys, supported by our 1-bond->2-phonon picture, opens an attractive area for the discussion of spontaneous ordering in GaInP_2, and in mixed crystals in general. interpretation 0.85 0.82 0.11 asserted 0.81
s4 The whole discussion is supported by detailed re-examination of the (Ga,In)P Raman/infrared data in the literature, full contour modeling of the transverse and longitudinal optical Raman lineshapes via our phenomenological 1-bond->2-mode model, and first-principles bond length calculations. method 0.97 0.89 0.07 asserted 1.00

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Figure 1. FIG. 1: Percolation picture for random Ga
Figure 2. FIG. 2: TO Raman lineshapes of Ga
Figure 3. FIG. 3: Calculated (TO,LO) Raman lineshapes (thick lines) fo

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