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Lattice frequency spectra of Pb and Pb4,TI6, by neutron spectrometry A. P. ROY AND B. N. BROCKHOUSE Departnleizt of Physics, McMaster University, Har~zilton, Ontario Received January 22, 1970 Lattice frequency spectra of Pb and Pb4,T16, have been measured at 90 "K by inelastic coherent scattering of slow neutrons from a polycrystalline specimen. The results compare favorably with the tunneling measurements of Rowell, McMillan, and Feldnian. In Pb,,Tl6, we see direct evidence of energy smearing arising from the finite lifetimes of the phonons caused by force-constant disorder in the alloy. Canadian Journal of Physics, 48, 1781 (1970) Introduction For Bravais lattices with cubic synlmetry, the frequency distribution function g(v) of the lattice vibrations is directly related to the one-phonon incoherent partial differential scattering cross section of monoenergetic neutrons scattered by a single or poly crystal (Placzek and Van Hove 1954). For coherent .scatteren fairly accurate curves of g(v) can be calculated provided one can obtain a satisfactory force-constant model by fitting to the dispersion curves measured (along symmetry directions) by neutron inelastic scat- tering from a single crystal. For superconductors, information about g(v) is furnished by t~lnneling experiments also (McMillan and Rowel1 1965). Because of the extremely long-range forces present in lead (Brockhouse et 01. 1962) it is not possible to obtain a detailed description of the force constants in the Karman theory for this material. Serious discreoancies are observed if one compares the frequency distribution pre- sented by Gilat (1965) (model calculation using an eight-nearest neighbor fit to the dispersion curves measured along high-symmetry directions by coherent inelastic slow-neutron scattering) with that obtained from the tunneling data (McMillan and Rowell 1965). These discrepancies are attributed to inadequacy of the force-constant model in predicting off-symmetry phonon fre- quencies (Dynes et al. 1968; Stedman et al. 1967a). A realistic frequency distribution for lead was constructed by Stedman et al. (1967a) by bution presented by Stedman et 01. (19670) compares favorably with that obtained from the t~~nneling data (Rowel1 et al. 1969; Franck et 01. 1969). However, tlure is a small but significant discrepancy regarding the position of the prin- cipal maximum arising from the longitudinal phonons. It is true that in the tunneling experi- ment one obtains the product u2(v)g(v) where u2(v) is the electron-phonon coupling strength. However, u2(v) is thought to be a rather slowly varying function of frequency and therefore positions of the critical points are expected not to be affected. This is readily seen by referring to Fig. 3 of the paper by Dynes et 01. (1969). For the Pb4,T1,, alloy, an eight-neighbor tensor force model can reproduce the phono~i freq~~encies along both synimetry and non- symmetry directions to within 2 % of the experi- mental results (Ng and Brockhouse 1967, 1968). However, the frequency spectrum calculated within the framework of the Born - von Karnian model does not represent the true physical situa- tion as it neglects the p110non lifetime broadening in a disordered alloy crystal (Mathis 1957; Ng and Brockhouse 1968). In the light of the preceding discussion, we thought it worthwhile to obtain the frequency spectra of lead and the lead-thalliunl alloy directly ~ising a different experimental techniq~~e which is described below. Principle of the Experimental Method measuring a limited number of phonon frequen- It was remarked earlier that one-phonon in- cies in off-symmetry directions using neutron coherent inelastic neutron scattering is directly spectrometry and making interpolation through- related to the density of states g(v). For coherent out the cell utilizing symmetry conditions. How- scattering, when collective atomic motlons In the ever, an adequate sampling of frequencies in the system are dominant, it is necessary to ensure a whole Brillouin zone by this technique requires high degree of averaging of the interference considerable time and effort. For lead, the distri- pattern. By using a polycrystalline target one Can. J. Phys. Downloaded from www.nrcresearchpress.com by University of P.E.I. on 11/12/14 For personal use only.

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Page 1: Lattice frequency spectra of Pb and Pb               40               Tl               60               by neutron spectrometry

Lattice frequency spectra of Pb and Pb4,TI6, by neutron spectrometry

A. P. ROY AND B. N. BROCKHOUSE Departnleizt of Physics, McMaster University, Har~zilton, Ontario

Received January 22, 1970

Lattice frequency spectra of Pb and Pb4,T16, have been measured at 90 "K by inelastic coherent scattering of slow neutrons from a polycrystalline specimen. The results compare favorably with the tunneling measurements of Rowell, McMillan, and Feldnian. In Pb,,Tl6, we see direct evidence of energy smearing arising from the finite lifetimes of the phonons caused by force-constant disorder in the alloy.

Canadian Journal of Physics, 48, 1781 (1970)

Introduction

For Bravais lattices with cubic synlmetry, the frequency distribution function g(v) of the lattice vibrations is directly related t o the one-phonon incoherent partial differential scattering cross section of monoenergetic neutrons scattered by a single or poly crystal (Placzek and Van Hove 1954). For coherent .scatteren fairly accurate curves of g(v) can be calculated provided one can obtain a satisfactory force-constant model by fitting to the dispersion curves measured (along symmetry directions) by neutron inelastic scat- tering from a single crystal. For superconductors, information about g(v) is furnished by t~lnneling experiments also (McMillan and Rowel1 1965).

Because of the extremely long-range forces present in lead (Brockhouse et 01. 1962) it is not possible to obtain a detailed description of the force constants in the Karman theory for this material. Serious discreoancies are observed if one compares the frequency distribution pre- sented by Gilat (1965) (model calculation using an eight-nearest neighbor fit t o the dispersion curves measured along high-symmetry directions by coherent inelastic slow-neutron scattering) with that obtained from the tunneling data (McMillan and Rowell 1965). These discrepancies are attributed to inadequacy of the force-constant model in predicting off-symmetry phonon fre- quencies (Dynes et al. 1968; Stedman et al. 1967a). A realistic frequency distribution for lead was constructed by Stedman et al. (1967a) by

bution presented by Stedman et 01. (19670) compares favorably with that obtained from the t~~nne l ing data (Rowel1 et al. 1969; Franck et 01. 1969). However, t lure is a small but significant discrepancy regarding the position of the prin- cipal maximum arising from the longitudinal phonons. It is true that in the tunneling experi- ment one obtains the product u2(v)g(v) where u2(v) is the electron-phonon coupling strength. However, u2(v) is thought to be a rather slowly varying function of frequency and therefore positions of the critical points are expected not to be affected. This is readily seen by referring to Fig. 3 of the paper by Dynes et 01. (1969).

For the Pb4,T1,, alloy, an eight-neighbor tensor force model can reproduce the phono~i freq~~encies along both synimetry and non- symmetry directions to within 2 % of the experi- mental results (Ng and Brockhouse 1967, 1968). However, the frequency spectrum calculated within the framework of the Born - von Karnian model does not represent the true physical situa- tion as it neglects the p110non lifetime broadening in a disordered alloy crystal (Mathis 1957; Ng and Brockhouse 1968).

In the light of the preceding discussion, we thought it worthwhile to obtain the frequency spectra of lead and the lead-thalliunl alloy directly ~ising a different experimental t echn iq~~e which is described below.

Principle of the Experimental Method measuring a limited number of phonon frequen- I t was remarked earlier that one-phonon in- cies in off-symmetry directions using neutron coherent inelastic neutron scattering is directly spectrometry and making interpolation through- related to the density of states g(v). For coherent out the cell utilizing symmetry conditions. How- scattering, when collective atomic motlons In the ever, an adequate sampling of frequencies in the system are dominant, it is necessary to ensure a whole Brillouin zone by this technique requires high degree of averaging of the interference considerable time and effort. For lead, the distri- pattern. By using a polycrystalline target one

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essentially averages the scattering cross section over all directions of n~omentum transfer with respect to a fixed crystal orientation. Further, to provide a more adequate sampling of the reci- procal space one can superpose the energy distri- bution of slow neutrons scattered coherently from a polycrystalline sample over a wide range of magnitudes of nlomentum transfer. Finally, g(v) can be obtained from the superposed data in the incoherent approximation (Placzek and Van Hove 1954). A notable feature of this experiment is that one can profitably use relatively thick specimens to enhance the intensity. Normally, multiple scattering is considered undesirable; however, in this type of experiment double- scattering events. which involve successive crea- tion (or annihilation) of one phonon and elastic scattering or vice versa, contribute significantly

density of states, g(v). However, the importance of adequate sampling in reciprocal space for obtaining a reliable g(v) must be borne in mind. Obviously if Q points are sampled uniformly over just one Brillouin zone, the quantity within (- - - -) is proportional to Q2g(v). Even for single-scattering events only, the region of re- ciprocal space sampled in the present experiment may be estimated to be roughly 100 times the volume of the first Brillouin zone. For coherently scattering polycrystalline substances, as pointed out earlier, double-scattering events, involving coherent zero-phonon and one-phonon scatter- ing, play an important role in enhancing the degree of sampling. Bredov et al. (1967) have considered the influence of multiple coherent elastic reflection on the inelastic coherent scat- tering from a polycrystalline sample. Various

to the intensity and improve the sampling. authors1 have studied time-of-flight spectra of Though it seems reasonable to assume that the polycrystalline substances using chopper or

inethod described above is capable of giving beryllium filtered cold neutrons. For strong frequency spectra for coherent scatterers to a fair approximation, this approach has not been justified rigorously in theory. According to a prescription given by Egelstaff (1953) the poly- crystalline coherent one-phonon cross section is written as a product of incoherent inelastic cross section and an energy-dependent structure factor. Marshall and Stuart (1961) have examined the validity of Placzek's incoherent approximation (Placzek 1954) for calculating the total inelastic coherent scattering. The limitation of these approaches has been discussed recently by deWette and Rahman (1968). They carried out conlpilter calculations of the one-phonon co- herent polycrystalline cross section for a mon- atoniic crystal, assuming a Lennard-Jones (6-12) potential of interaction between the atoms for

coherent scatterers, structures appear in the spectra arising from interference effects because proper averaging is not effected in these methods. Therefore, any attempt to extract the frequency distribution function in the incoherent approxi- mation might lead to incorrect results. For ex- ample, the g(v) spectrum obtained by Mozer and Otnes (1963) for palladium by the above proce- dure deviates appreciably from the true spectrum (Miiller 1969). Similar conclusions were reached by Schmunk et al. (1 965) and Larsson et al. (1965) in connection with their work on polycrystalline aluminum which is again a substance which scatters coherently. Bredov et al. (1967) and Kotovet al. (1 968) have also studied the frequency spectrum by coherent inelastic scattering of cold neutrons from polycrystalline materials-alu-

Lalues of momentum transfer )QI comparable minum, lead, and tellurium. with the dimensions of the Brillouin zone. Results In addition to the interest in the detailed results were presented in terms of a function f(Q, v) through comparison of g(v) from neutron scat- defined as tering with cr2(v)g(v) from tunneling, a motivation

for the present work was to actually attack this /(Q, v) = ( [ Q . ~ ( Q , j)126(v - vcQ, j))) long-posed problem of obtaining a good g(v)

j = I from neutron scattering results for polycrystal- where g(Q?,j) is the polarization vector of a line material. phonon with wave vector Q and frequency ~ (Q> , j ) , , j = 1, 2, 3, and (- - - -)denotes averaging Experimental Details over all directions of Q. In our experiment, the The lead sample was i n the form of shots, average value of the momentum transfer was about 2.5 mm in diameter, with a nominal purity about 6.5 A- ' , milch larger than the linear dimen-

ISee, for example, Proceedings of Neutron Inelastic siOn of the Brillouin and i n such Scattering in Solids and Liquids, 1961, 1963, 1965, 1968 cases f(Q, v) may be expected to resemble the (International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna).

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of 99.99 %. The lead-thallium alloy was in the form of granules. Neutron diffraction measure- ments were used to characterize the composition and bulk homogeneity of the alloy. By comparing the positions of Debye-Scherrer lines ((220) and (31 1)) of the alloy with those of pure lead powder the composition was estimated to be Pb,, ,5T158,5 (with an accuracy of $ 3 atomic %) from the known behavior of the lattice constant as a function of alloy concentration (Pearson 1958). Further, the alloy peaks did not show any appreciable broadening compared with the lead powder peaks, a fact which implies that the alloy was quite homogeneous.

A cylindrical aluminum container (3 in. long and 1 in. in diameter) was used for both speci- mens. Transmission of the lead specimen was 60 %. The experiments were carried out using the McMaster triple-axis spectrometer installed at the NRU reactor at the Chalk River Nuclear Laboratories (Brockhouse et al. 1968). Neutrons with incoming frequency of 7.0 x 10" c.p.s. were used throughout the experiment. The energy distribution of the outgoing neutrons was mea- sured over a range of frequency transfer of 3.2 x 10" c.p.s. for 11 different scattering angles ranging from 142" to 90°, with neutron energy loss (phonon creation). Measurements were made at temperatures within 5" of 90 OK. Ideally the experiments should have been done in the constant-IQI mode; however, this was not feasible as Debye-Scherrer lines from the sample inter- fered with the inelastic spectrum by rescattering from the analyzing crystal.

Results and Analysis

The raw data for lead are shown in Fig. 1. The sharp peaks appearing in the patterns taken a t scattering angles 134", 1 lo0, and 90" at the fre- quency 2.5 x 10" c.p.s. are spurious and were smoothed out. They arise from a very weak contaminant present in the main beam which happens to produce a Debye-Scherrer line by scattering off the specimen a t these scattering angles and finally is Bragg reflected by the ana- lyzer. For the Pb40Tl,o alloy similar peaks appeared a t scattering angles 13 1" and 107" for the same energy transfer of 2.5 x 10" c.p.s. and could be accounted for in exactly the same way.

Background was monitored in another counter which was placed at an angle of 40" with respect to the signal counter (Brockhouse et al. 1968). In

2UENCY SPECTRA OF P b AND PbdoT16,, 1783

addition to this, in some instances background counts were recorded in the signal counter by flipping the analyzer from the Bragg position. Also runs were carried out for a few selected

P b P O W D E R 90" K

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FIG. 1. Observed neutron spectra scattered from Pb powder at 90 "K over an energy transfer of 3.2 x 1012 c.p.s. and an angular range of 90-142". The background recorded for one angle (142") is also shown.

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scattering angles to ascertain the contribution from the empty aluminum sample holder and the cryostat. After correcting for general background effects it was necessary to further correct the data for multiphonon and multiple-event inelastic pro- cesses. As the experiments were done at liquid- nitrogen temperature, all higher phonon pro- cesses except the two-phonon process were negligible. The two-phonon contribution (simul- taneous creation and/or annihilation of two phonons), in this (coherent scattering) case, is quite well described by the incoherent approxi- mation. It is further necessary to consider the effect of the following multiple scattering events on the observed inelastic spectrum. They are (a) creation of one phonon in a scattering event

followed by the annihilation or creation of an- other phonon in another scattering event i.e. successive energy loss and gain and successive energy loss, and (6) single two-phonon events (simultaneous creation or creation and annihila- tion of two phonons) followed or preceded by elastic scattering. It is interesting to note that for both the above processes (a) and (6) the shape of the energy spectrum is about the same as that of the single two-phonon event mentioned earlier. Therefore, subtraction of the contributions aris- ing from these multiple scattering events does not present any additional problem. A rough estimate of the relative importance of these processes can be made easily by calculating the following quantity:

Single-event scattering: Two-event scattering:

+ (i) one-phonon, one-phonon

Two-phonon (ii) two-phonon, elastic

Single-event scattering: Two-event scattering:

+ One-phonon one-phonon, elastic

- - [(P e-"'"+(2 w ) ~ + ((P e -2 'V)2 (2~)2 ] [(P e-2'V2W + ((P e-2 'V)2(2~)]

In the above expression, (P = log, (1/T) where T is the transmission of the sample and e-2W is the Debye-Waller factor. For the lead specimen (P - 0.50 and e-2'V -- 0.75. Substituting these values we get the ratio 0.18. The cross sections referred to above, essentially imply integration over the whole range of energy transfer. To apply correction to the data it is necessary to evaluate the energy-dependent partial differential cross sections in the incoherent approximation.

The two-pl~onon differential scattering cross section was evaluated for a mean scattering angle of 116" assuming an approximate frequency dis- tribution function (Sjolander 1958). It was then folded with the resolution function of the spec- trometer. The ratio of the integrated two-phonon cross section to the one-phonon cross section was fixed by the analysis given before. Figure 2 shows the accumulated data for Pb and Pb,oTl,o obtained from superposition of all the individual runs recorded at various scattering angles ranging from 142" to 90' and the estimated two-phonon

contribution. It can be seen that the calculated two-phonon partial differential cross section fits reasonably well in the tail region (from 2.8 x 1012 to 3.2 x 1012 c.p.s.) which is beyond the cutoff of the one-phonon spectrum. After subtracting the calculated two-phonon cross section, normal- ized as described above, from the experimental data, the frequency distribution function is ex- tracted in the incoherent approximation. As un- certainty is introduced in the average magnitude of the momentum transfer /QI at a given energy transfer and angle of scattering by multiple scat- tering, we did not attempt to weight the individual angular patterns with the factor [Q2 exp (-2 W)] before adding them ; rather we used mean values of momentum transfer determined by the angular range covered in the various runs.

Finally, correction had to be applied to the data to take into account the variation in the reflectivity of the analyzing crystal over the range of the energy transfer measured. The sensitivity function of the analyzing spectrometer was ob- tained by measuring the spectrum emitted from the interior of a large block of paraffin into which monoenergetic neutrons were incident and as-

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suming the emitted spectrum to be Maxwellian (Brockhouse 1958). Subtracting the second-order component from the measured spectrum and dividing by the assumed Maxwellian spectrum, the instrument sensitivity function is obtained. The sensitivity function was well determined; it was found to vary approximately linearly by about 30% over the energy range 0.5 x 1012 - 3.2 x 10l2 C.P.S.

Discussion

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FREQUENCY L' (lot2 C.pS.) FIG. 2. Accumulated data for Pb and Pb,,Tlso obtained from superposition of all the individual runs recorded

at various scattering angles. General background and the estimated two-phonon contr~bution are also shown.

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experiment. For comparison we also show the tunneling data (Rowell et al. 1969) and the neutron scattering results of Stedman et al. (1967a), in each case broadened by the resolution function of our ~ ~ e c t r o m e t e r . ~ We find that the

'Their frequency distribution functions were first used to calculate the one-phonon cross section In the in- coherent approximation which was then folded with the resolution function of the spectrometer. Frequency spectra computed from the folded cross section are plotted in Fig. 3.

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position of the longitudinal peak agrees particu- larly well with the tunneling result. The high- energy tail appearing in the powder experiment can be attributed to an inadequate correction for the multiphonon effects o r to some inherent broadening present in the experimental result. The tunneling spectrum corresponds to a tem- perature of 1 OK, whereas the present neutron scattering experiment was carried out a t 90 OK. Therefore some anharmonic broadening should be present in our results. This effect is particularly important for the short wavelength longitudinal modes (Brockhouse et al. 1961; Stedman et al. 19676); as the longitudinal peak in the g(v) spectrum is relatively sharp, any additional broadening appreciably modifies the peak height. Similarly, although the frequency distribution given by Stedman et al. (1967a) refers to 90 OK, the effects of the finite lifetimes of the phonons a t this temperature were not incorporated by them in their g(v). Stedman et al. (19676) estimate the broadening (Av/v) to be about 5 %; for the sake of comparison we show in Fig. 3 the effect of this

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FREQUENCY ( 1 0 ' ~ c . ~ s . ) FREQUENCY (10'~c.p.s.)

FIG. 3. Comparison of g(v) for Pb obtained from the powder experiment with (a) a2(v)g(v) from tunneling measurements of Rowel1 et al. (1969) (- - -) and (b) g(v) from neutron scattering results of Stedman et al. (1967~) (- - -), both of them modified by the resolution function of the spectrometer. Additional Lorentzian broadening of Av/v = 0.05 is shown by the (-.-.-) line. All the distributions are normalized to the same area.

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FIG. 4. Comparison of g(v) for Pb40T160 obtained from the powder experiment with (a) ~ ~ ( v ) ~ ( v ) from tunneling (Rowell et al. 1969) and (b) g(v) computed from an eight-neighbor tensor force model (-.-.-)and a smearedg(v) (- - -) with an additional Lorentzian broadening of Av/v = 0.10. The tunneling spectrum as well as the computed phonon frequency spectra are further modified by the resolution function of the spectrometer as explained in the text.

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additional broadening assuming tha t the phonon lifetimes have a Lorentzian distribution.

W e find in Fig. 4a tha t fo r Pb4,T16, (unlike P b ) a2(v) tends t o decrease in the longitudinal region. W e m a y explain this behavior qualitatively o n the simplified assumption tha t whereas f o r P b bo th the normal a n d the umklapp processes contribute t o a2(v) f o r the longitudinal modes a n d only umklapp processes fo r the transverse modes, the s h a r p distinction between the normal a n d the umklapp processes n o longer exists fo r a disor- dered lattice like Pb4,T16,. Figure 4b clearly in- dicates the s t rong effect of energy smearing o n the strengths o f nar row peaks in the density o f states. T h e anharmonic broadening tends t o be masked by the broadening caused by force-constant dis- order of the alloy. I n a recent paper Dynes a n d Rowel1 (1969) have demonstrated smearing

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of the fine structure in the product function u ~ ( v ) ~ ( v ) fo r t h e alloy system Bi,Pb, -,,TI,.

I f it is assumed tha t the ~ h o n o n lifetimes have a Lorentzian distribution in' the alloy a n d tha t the relative line width Av/v remains a constant, then we can easily incorporate the effect o f the finite lifetime in the frequency spectrum computed f rom the force-constant model. I t is seen f rom Fig. 4b tha t for a value o f Av/v = 0.10, the experimentally observed broadening is well re- produced in !he calculated distribution.

T h e various discordances remaining in Figs. 3 a n d 4 a r e probably also contributed t o by inadequate sampling. Inspection of Fig. 1 shows tha t very considerable differences exist between t h e patterns fo r the different angles o f scattering. Attention should be particularly focussed o n the varying proniinence of the longitudinal peak a t -2.0 x 10" c.p.s. in the various patterns. I t is obvious tha t averaging over 11 patterns is no t really sufficient t o satisfactorily delineate this peak in the "average" pattern. A n increase in the number o f p a t t e r n s taken a n d the angular range covered ought t o improve the situation.

Conclusion

W e have been able t o directly measure phonon frequency spectra by inelastic coherent scattering of slow neutrons f rom polycrystalline specimens t o a reasonable accuracy. T h e resolution of the neutron crystal spectrometer is inadequate t o reveal all the fine details of the frequency spec- t rum. However, the principal maxima in the

spectra a re clearly resolved for P b a n d Pb4,T16,, the substances studied in the present work. I n Pb,,T16, we see direct evidence of energy smear- ing arising f rom the finite lifetimes of the phonons caused by force-constant disorder of the alloy.

Acknowledgments

T h e research was supported by a g ran t f rom the National Research Council of Canada . T h e au thors would like t o thank Mr. R. Dymond for access t o his experimental results a n d theoretical calculations o n the reflectivity of single crystals, a n d D r . J. P. Carbot te f o r a useful discussion. O n e of u s (A.P.R.) wishes t o thank the Canadian International Development Agency for financial suppor t a n d Bhabha Atomic Research Center, Trombay , f o r granting h i m study leave.

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