Abstract

The dependences of the relaxation rate and the absorption coefficient of ultrasound in GaAs crystals on the direction of the wave vector of quasi-transverse phonons for the Landau-Rumer mechanism are analyzed in the framework of the anisotropic-continuum model. The calculations are performed with two sets of second-order and third-order elastic moduli experimentally measured by different authors. It is demonstrated that the angular dependences of the relaxation rates of quasi-transverse phonons and the ultrasonic absorption coefficients calculated from these data differ qualitatively. The correctness of the determination of the third-order elastic moduli available in the literature can be checked by measuring the ultrasonic absorption coefficients for GaAs crystals.

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