Abstract
The nearly exponential frequency dependence of the infrared absorption coefficient observed by Rupprecht, Deutsch, and others has been explained previously by evaluating the individual -phonon contributions to , summing the results, and noting that the sum was nearly exponential over a fairly wide range of frequencies. A new derivation of the multiphonon absorption coefficient yields directly, rather than as a sum on , and provides a prescription for estimating the range of over which the nearly exponential behavior extends.
- Received 23 August 1973
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.9.827
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