Zero-gap state and phonon spectrum of the system of narrow-band compounds Pb1-xSnxSe
Vodop'yanov L.K., Kucherenko I.V., Shotov A.P., Scherm R.
Using the method of inelastic scattering of slow neutrons we have obtained, for the first time, the phonon spectrum of the solid-solution system Pb)_ISnJtSe (x = 0.07 and χ = 0.2). For the crystal with χ = 0.2, which undergoes a band inversion at Τ = 100 К, a softening of the TO (q—>0) phonon was observed, due to realization of a zero-gap state in the system.