Observation of the onset of strong scattering on high frequency acoustic phonons in densified silica glass.
The linewidth of longitudinal acoustic waves in densified silica glass is obtained by inelastic x-ray scattering. It increases with a high power alpha of the frequency up to a crossover where the waves experience strong scattering. We find that alpha is at least 4, and probably larger. Resonance and hybridization of acoustic waves with the boson-peak modes seems to be a more likely explanation for these findings than Rayleigh scattering from disorder.
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Laboratoire des Verres, UMR 5587 CNRS, Université Montpellier 2, F-34095 Montpellier, France.
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