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Properties of acoustic polarization vectors in crystals and the phonon Hall effect

L. A. Maksimov, T. V. Khabarova

Institute for Superconductivity and Solid State Physics, Russian Research Centre "Kurchatov Institute", pl. Akademika Kurchatova 1, 123182 Moscow, Russian Federation

Abstract: The properties of acoustic phonon polarization vectors in high-symmetry crystals are considered. Elliptic polarization of phonons in the presence of a magnetic field is shown to occur in crystals with the spin-phonon coupling.

PACS: 63.20.-e, 72.15.Gd, 72.20.Pa

Received: August 19, 2008
Revised: March 11, 2010

DOI: 10.3367/UFNr.0180.201005c.0503

 English version: Physics–Uspekhi, 2010, 53:5, 481–485

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