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Consider a chain of particles of mass m where the nearest-neighbors are connected by the anharmonic springs. The anharmonic interparticle potential has the following form
Such lattice supports intrinsic local modes (ILMs) with their
frequencies above the phonon band characterized by the maximal
harmonic plane waves frequency
where allows one to find the mode eigenvector. The ILM's eigenvector is a wave package which transfers to a lattice envelope soliton in a limit of a weak anharmonicicty. A similar ansatz can give the eigenvector of a moving ILM.
A more complete description of the intrinsic local modes you can find in
a review article: The above applet allows you to watch vibrating ILMs in the lattice of 15 particles with periodic boundaries. The evolution of the chain is calculated by the molecular-dynamics technique. The parameters of the lattice are the following: You can launch either an Odd-Parity ILM (when a central particle has the highest amplitude) or an Even-Parity ILM (when two central particles have the highest and opposite amplitudes). You can also launch a Moving ILM.
The time is shown in units of the shortest period of
small amplitude plane wave vibrations,
Energy is shown in arbitrary units. The kinetic energy of the particle and the potential energy of the bond are shown as the red and the yellow bars, respectively.
If you wait for a while you will see a spectrum of the particles'
vibrations. It will be shown in the left panel.
As the time of the evolution goes the spectrum resolution improves.
The frequency unit is the maximal plane wave frequency,
Last modified: December 1, 1996 Sergey Kiselev, sergey@lightlink.com |
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