Angular Dependences of the Intensity of the Raman Light Scattering on Polaritons in a Gallium Phosphide Crystal

Abstract

Raman light scattering on phonons and polaritons is measured in a gallium phosphide sample. An unfocused beam of a 532-nm single-mode laser was used for excitation. A scattered radiation was collected using a mobile mirror of a small diameter, which allowed us to measure spectra of scattered light in a 0.6°–8° range of scattering angles with a total angular spread of 0.4°. For different crystallographic directions, intensities of polarized components of the Raman light scattering on longitudinal, transverse phonons and polaritons were measured in the region of a strong dispersion of the polaritonic branch for three fixed axial scattering angles. Components of scattering on longitudinal optical phonons and polaritons have a strong dependence on a crystallographic direction, as predicted by theory, and the component of scattering on transverse optical phonons did not depend on a crystallographic direction. It was found that the intensity of scattering on transverse optical phonons correlates with a width of a spectral line of scattering on polariton. A mechanism explaining this correlation is proposed.