Abstract
The infrared absorption is studied of samples consisting of a Si matrix with unburied nanolayers of the semiconducting silicides β-FeSi2 and Mg2Si. Features additional to those due to the transversal optical phonons of the compounds are observed. The features are interpreted in the framework of the appearance of surface and interface phonon polaritons, which absorb the light. Insofar as the frequencies of the longitudinal optical (LO) phonon-polariton modes are close to those of the LO phonon frequencies, the infrared transmittance of nanolayers can be regarded as a method for direct determination of these frequencies.
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