Exciton Spectroscopy of Hexagonal BN Using Non-Resonant X-Ray Raman Scattering

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April 8, 2008

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Y Feng, J A. Soininen, A L. Ankudinov, J O. Cross, Gerald T. Seidler, A T. Macrander, J J. Rehr, Eric L. Shirley

Abstract

We report non-resonant x-ray Raman scattering (XRS) measurements from hexagonal BN for transferred momentum from 2 Angstrom} ^-1 to 9 Angstrom}^-1 along directions both in and out of the basal plane. A symmetry-based argument together with calculations of the projected density of states in the spherical harmonics basis reveals that a strong pre-edge feature is a dominantly Y ₁₀-type exciton with no other s-c p-, or d- components. This conclusion is supported by a second, independent calculation of the q-dependent XRS cross-section. This exciton spectroscopy may be applied to a range of other systems.

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Physica Scripta

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exciton, non-resonant x-ray raman scattering, reflection symmetry

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Feng, Y. , Soininen, J. , Ankudinov, A. , Cross, J. , Seidler, G. , Macrander, A. , Rehr, J. and Shirley, E. (2008), Exciton Spectroscopy of Hexagonal BN Using Non-Resonant X-Ray Raman Scattering, Physica Scripta, [online], https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=841759 (Accessed October 15, 2025)