In silico broadband mechanical spectroscopy of amorphous tantala

Adopting an agnostic approach, the quality factor Q of tantala glass is drawn via in silico mechanical spectroscopy in wide ranges of temperature (10–300 K) and frequency (500MHz≤f≤1THz). At the highest frequencies, Q∝f^{−3}, consistent with Rayleigh sound scattering. For frequencies lower than tera...

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Main Authors: F. Puosi, F. Fidecaro, S. Capaccioli, D. Pisignano, D. Leporini
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Physical Society 2019-11-01
Series:Physical Review Research
Online Access:http://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevResearch.1.033121