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T J Sanders1, J L Allen1, R Plathe2
1Institute for Superconducting and Electronic Materials and School of Physics, University of Wollongong, NSW 2522, Australia.
Abstract:
Using an optically thin single crystal sample, mounted in a cryostat permitting cooling to 6 K, and a synchrotron as a bright light source, exceptionally well defined absorption spectra of well-characterised α-glycine have been obtained in the spectral range 2.5-7.5 THz (approximately 80-240 cm-1). Four separate resonances have been observed, respectively at 93, 152, 188, and 223 cm-1 at the lowest temperature. Each reduces in frequency (redshifts) as temperature increases. The origin of this observed behaviour is attributed to a phonon-mediated anharmonicity in the crystal potential.
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