Abstract
It is shown that the assignment of parity in previous works neglected the vector nature of the elastic field and thus the resultant selection rules are erroneous. We propose a correct selection rule: Among the vibration modes of a sphere, only the torsional mode with angular momentum is observable by infrared absorption and the torsional mode with is observable by Raman scattering. The spheroidal modes cannot be observed by infrared or Raman spectroscopy in the dipole approximation.
- Received 22 June 2005
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.72.241405
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