Table 2.
Observed room-temperature phonon frequencies of undoped and Cr-doped VO on c- and r-plane sapphires for thicknesses of 140, 70, 30 and 15 nm46.
| Raman modes symmetry | VO c-plane | Cr-doped VO c-plane | VO r-plane | Cr-doped VO r-plane |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 140/70/30/15 nm | 140/70/30/15 nm | 140/70/30/15 nm | 140/70/30/15 nm | |
| † | –/–/–/– | 122/126/126/129 | –/–/–/– | 128/135/137/134 |
| B | 140/141/141/137 | –/–/–/– | 139/139/140/140 | –/–/–/– |
| A | 193/194/195/195 | 199/197/197/197 | 195/195/196/196 | 201/197/198/194 |
| A | 224/224/224/224 | 224/224/224/222 | 224/224/225/225 | 223/222/224/223 |
| B | 262/262/263/260 | 273/273/272/273 | 262/262/263/– | 272/269/271/– |
| A/B | 308/309/310/309 | 304/306/305/308 | 309/308/310/– | 304/309/305/301 |
| A/B | 338/339/339/341 | 340/340/340/341 | 339/335/336/– | 341/–/–/– |
| A | 390/391/391/390/ | –/–/–/– | 390/386/382/– | –/–/–/– |
| B | –/–/–/– | 394/394/–/–/ | 396/397/399/– | –/–/401/399 |
| ‡A | 435/–/435/– | –/–/–/– | –/–/–/– | 438/–/–/– |
| B | 444/443/435/– | 446/444/–/– | 444/443/–/– | 444/–/–/– |
| B | –/–/–/– | –/–/–/– | –/–/–/– | 453/–/–/– |
| † | –/–/–/– | –/–/–/– | 479/477/–/– | –/–/–/– |
| A | 497/496/498/477 | 501/501/504/– | 497/498/491/– | 500/495/–/– |
| A | 613/614/615/615 | –/–/–/– | 616/615/618/619 | –/–/–/– |
| A | –/–/–/– | 620/619/–/– | –/–/–/– | –/–/–/– |
| B | –/–/–/– | 646/648/632/630 | –/–/–/– | 637/626/632/619 |
| +A/B | +655/660/662/– | –/–/–/– | 664/+646/–/– | –/–/–/– |
| B | 820/822/820/– | 815/812/816/– | 822/824/818/– | 823/815/816/815 |