Theoretical investigation of acoustic wave velocity of aluminum phosphide under pressure

  • Authors

    • Salah Daoud Bordj Bou Arreridj University
    • Abdelhakim Latreche Bordj Bou Arreridj University
    • Pawan Kumar Saini Department of Physics, Government College, Hansi, Haryana,125033,
    2019-05-05
    https://doi.org/10.14419/ijpr.v7i1.23681
  • Alp Semiconductor, Bulk and Surface Acoustic Wave Velocities, Newton-Raphson's Iterative Method, High Pressure.

  • Abstract

    The bulk and surface acoustic wave velocities of Aluminum phosphide (AlP) semiconducting material under pressure up to 9.5 GPa were studied. The structural parameters and the elastic constants used in this work are taken from our previous paper published in J. Optoelec-tron. Adv. M. 16, 207 (2014). The results obtained at zero-pressure are analyzed and compared with other data of the literature. In addition, the acoustic Grüneisen parameter and the Vickers and Knoop microhardness are predicted and analyzed in detail. Our calculated results are in good agreement with the experimental and other theoretical data of literature.

     

     

     

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    Daoud, S., Latreche, A., & Kumar Saini, P. (2019). Theoretical investigation of acoustic wave velocity of aluminum phosphide under pressure. International Journal of Physical Research, 7(1), 3-6. https://doi.org/10.14419/ijpr.v7i1.23681

    Received date: 2018-12-11

    Accepted date: 2019-04-18

    Published date: 2019-05-05