Abstract
An exact numerical method has been developed to calculate the Green's function and the dynamical properties of a wire of arbitrary shape near a planar surface. In this paper, we present the first applications of this formalism to the scattering of an incident acoustic plane wave by such a surface perturbation, considering the case of shear horizontal vibrations for an adsorbed wire having a parabolic section and being of the same nature as the substrate. The amplitude of the scattered wave shows a series of enhancement and lowering as a function of the frequency of the incident wave. The angular distribution of the scattered wave is dependent upon the frequency and the incident angle. We also present the local densities of states in the vicinity of this defect which contain well-defined resonances.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 1038-1042 |
| Number of pages | 5 |
| Journal | Surface Science |
| Volume | 352-354 |
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| Publication status | Published - 15 May 1996 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Acoustic waves
- Excitation spectra calculations
- Green's function methods
- Surface defects