A Study of Magnetophonon Effect in n-InSb Using Field Modulation Technique

Precise measurements of the magnetophonon effect in n -InSb are made by making use of a magnetic field modulation and phase sensitive second harmonic detection technique. Obtained data show an excellent signal to noise ratio and up to the 14th extremum are resolved in the transverse configuration at 77 K. Second derivative of the magnetoresistance in the longitudinal configuration is extensively investigated in the temperature range of 89 to 171 K. A curve resolver analysis is applied to resolve new structure which appears between the ordinary magnetophonon resonance peaks and four peaks around the N =2 peak are resolved, which are assigned to the structure arising from the spin-conserving single and two LO phonon processes. Fourier transform technique is also adopted to obtain frequency spectrum of the magnetophonon structure. The higher harmonic terms and two LO phonon components are resolved for the first time by using a proper window function for Fourier analysis. The results are consistent with those obtained by the curve resolver analysis.