Abstract
We present the phonon-dispersion curves, the one-phonon density of states, the lattice specific heat cv(T) and the Debye temperature Θ(T) of the ferroelectric LiTaO 3, based on full lattice dynamical model whose parametèrs are fitted to the optical data and neutron measured dispersion curves. A model theory is developed to describe the transition from Debye to non-Debye behaviors observed in the low temperature part of the cv/T3 curve. The cv/T3 function, when is properly scaled, can be fitted by a general function derived from the model. It can be characterized by the temperature T max at which it has maximum, its maximum value (cv/T3)T=T max and its value at zero temperature (cv/T3)T=0. These results are considered useful in searching possibly anomalous phonon behavior from the specific heat cv(T).
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