## Abstract In classical elasticity theory, a stressβfree surface leads to mixing of longitudinal and transverse waves with displacement in the plane of incidence, to the existence of a βpseudoβsurfaceβ wave, and to the existence of the localised Rayleigh wave. Expressions for the quantized displac
Phonons in a half space
β Scribed by Hiroshi Ezawa
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1971
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 994 KB
- Volume
- 67
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0003-4916
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β¦ Synopsis
Quantization of elastic waves in solid having a stress-free plane boundary and occupying a half space is carried out by constructing a complete orthonormal set of such waves. The quanta, which are called (generalized) surfons, should replace the ordinary bulk phonons when one deals with quantum physics of solid surfaces, e.g., the electron mobility in the inversion layer (thickness N 1O-B cm, typically) of field-effect transistors.
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