Abstract
The resonance of the and components of the second-order Raman spectrum of germanium has been measured in the vicinity of the , edges. Particular emphasis was paid to the features corresponding to creation of phonons, phonons, and the anomalous peak due to phonons. This anomalous peak disappears below the resonant gap and is attributed to an iterative process involving the first-order electron-phonon interaction taken to second order. The remaining resonant features are due to the second-order interactions taken to first order and thus are structurally analogous to the first-order processes. However, because of different contributions of two-band (intervalley) and three-band (intravalley) processes, radically different line shapes can result for these resonances. From these measurements, several electron-two-phonon coupling constants are determined.
- Received 28 May 1974
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.10.4309
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