Fermi resonance in the phonon spectra of quaternary chalcogenides of the type Cu₂ZnGeS₄

Author： Valakh M Ya Litvinchuk A P Dzhagan V M Yukhymchuk V O Yaremko A M Romanyuk Yu A Guc M Bodnar I V Pérez-Rodríguez A Zahn D R T

Publisher： IOP Publishing

E-ISSN： 1361-648X|28|6|65401-65407

ISSN： 0953-8984

Source： Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter, Vol.28, Iss.6, 2016-02, pp. : 65401-65407

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Abstract

The experimental resonant and non-resonant Raman scattering spectra of the kesterite structural modification of Cu₂ZnGeS₄ single crystals are reported. The results are compared with those calculated theoretically within the density functional perturbation theory. For the majority of lines a good agreement (within 2–5 cm⁻¹) is established between experimental and calculated mode frequencies. However, several dominant spectral lines, in particular the two intense fully symmetric modes, are found to deviate from the calculated values by as much as 20 cm⁻¹. A possible reason for this discrepancy is found to be associated with the Fermi resonant interaction between one and two-phonon vibrational excitations. The modelling of spectra, which takes into account the symmetry of interacting states, allows a qualitative description of the observed experimental findings. Due to the similarity of the vibrational spectra of Cu₂A^IIB^IVS₄ (A = Zn, Mn, Cd; B = Sn, Ge, Si) chalcogenides, Fermi resonance is argued to be a general phenomenon for this class of compounds.