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Universal Features of Terahertz Absorption in Disordered Materials

S. N. Taraskin, S. I. Simdyankin, S. R. Elliott, J. R. Neilson, T. Lo

cond-mat.dis-nnarXiv:cond-mat/0604205

Abstract

Using an analytical theory, experimental terahertz time-domain spectroscopy data and numerical evidence, we demonstrate that the frequency dependence of the absorption coupling coefficient between far-infrared photons and atomic vibrations in disordered materials has the universal functional form, C(omega) = A + B*omega2, where the material-specific constants A and B are related to the distributions of fluctuating charges obeying global and local charge neutrality, respectively.

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