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Isothermal dependences of Raman scattering intensity i (ω′; T = const) on frequency Ω = ω0 − ω′ and isofrequency temperature dependences of i (Ω = ω0 − ω′ = const; T) in quartz crystals in a wide temperature range, including the α−β phase transition point (ω0 and ω′ are the excitation and Raman frequencies, respectively) have been compared. The isofrequency temperature dependences exhibit an intensity peak (near the phase-transition point), whose spectral position and magnitude depend on the fixed frequency Ω = ω0 − ω′. A theory of these dependences is developed for the crystals undergoing structural phase transitions. The theory predicts a soft-mode effect in the form of Raman opalescence: an anomalous increase in the spectral intensity of the isofrequency maximum i0 (Ω, T) with a decrease in frequency Ω near the phase-transition temperature (T ≈ Tc). Agreement is established between the experimentally observed spectral intensity anomalies and the developed theory of isofrequency temperature dependences and processes of interaction of the fundamental soft mode with a low-frequency high-Q oscillator.
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This work was supported by the Russian Foundation for Basic Research, Projects 18-02-00181 and 18-32-00259mol_a.
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Gorelik, V.S., Pyatyshev, A.Y. Isofrequency Temperature Anomalies of Raman Scattering Intensity in Quartz Crystals. Phys. Wave Phen. 27, 178–186 (2019). https://doi.org/10.3103/S1541308X19030026
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