Near-forward Raman study of a phonon-polariton reinforcement regime in the Zn(Se,S) alloy

Abstract

We investigate by near-forward Raman scattering a presumed reinforcement of the (A-C,B-C)-mixed phonon-polariton of a A1-xBxC zincblende alloy when entering its longitudinal optical-like (LO-like) regime near the Brillouin zone centre Γ, as predicted within the formalism of the linear dielectric response. A choice system to address such issue is ZnSe 0.68S0.32 due to the moderate dispersion of its refractive index in the visible range, a sine qua non condition to bring the phonon-polariton insight near Γ. The LO-like reinforcement regime is actually accessed by using the 633.0nm laser excitation, testified by the strong emergence of the (Zn-Se,Zn-S)-mixed phonon-polariton at ultimately small scattering angles. © 2014 AIP Publishing LLC.