Low-temperature vibrational dynamics of fused silica and binary silicate glasses

Ling Cai, Ying Shi, Ken Hrdina, Lisa Moore, Jingshi Wu, Luke L. Daemen, Yongqiang Cheng

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Abstract

Inelastic neutron scattering was used to study the vibrational dynamics of fused silica and its mixed binary glasses that were doped with either TiO2 or K2O. The energy transfer was measured from zero to 180meV where the so-called Boson peaks (BP) at low energy and molecular vibrations at high energy are included. Although most of the vibrational spectra at the high energy resemble those reported in earlier literature, a defect-mode-like peak is observed for the doped binary systems near 120meV. At very low temperature, the BP intensity increases rapidly with temperature and then, at higher temperature, the peak intensity decreases. As a result, a maximum is observed in the temperature dependence of the BP intensity. This maximum was shown in all four samples, but the pure SiO2 sample shows the highest intensity peak and the lowest temperature for peak position. Broadband energy spectra reveal a shift of intensity from BP to the more localized modes at higher energy. Temperature evolution of BP and its relationship with heat conduction and thermal expansion are discussed.

Original languageEnglish
Article number054311
JournalPhysical Review B
Volume97
Issue number5
DOIs
StatePublished - Feb 21 2018

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