Sparse phonon modes of a limit-periodic structure
Journal Article (Academic article)
Limit-periodic structures are well ordered but nonperiodic, and hence have nontrivial vibrational modes. We study a ball and spring model with a limit-periodic pattern of spring stiffnesses and identify a set of extended modes with arbitrarily low participation ratios, a situation that appears to be unique to limit-periodic systems. The balls that oscillate with large amplitude in these modes live on periodic nets with arbitrarily large lattice constants. By studying periodic approximants to the limit-periodic structure, we present numerical evidence for the existence of such modes, and we give a heuristic explanation of their structure.
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Duke Authors
Cited Authors
- Marcoux, C; Socolar, JES
Published Date
- May 1, 2016
Published In
Volume / Issue
- 93 / 17
Chapter
- 174102
Published By
International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)
- 0163-1829
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
- 10.1103/PhysRevB.93.174102