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Interference effects in phonon scattering across a double atomic well
We develop an analytical and numerical formalism to study the double atomic
nanowell configuration influence on coherent transmission and reflection
scattering, derived as elements of a Landauer-Büttiker type scattering
matrix in quasi-one-dimensional multichannel waveguides. The state densities
at neighbourhood of the defect region are investigated. The defect region
consists in the presence of a double atomic nanowell occurring in thin film.
One solves this problem by the matching method in the harmonic
approximation. The theoretical formalism using simultaneously the Green's
function and the matching method is detailed in order to describe the
complete evanescent and the propagating fields. The phononic coherent
conductance is also studied. Numerical calculations are presented and
illustrated as function of the force constants occurring in the model. The
fluctuations in the conductance spectra are related to Fano resonances due
to the coherent coupling between travelling phonons and the localized
vibration modes in the neighbourhood of the nanowell domain.