2006/12/03 by F.M. Russell, F. M. Russell, J. C. Eilbeck
Physics and Astronomy · #Advanced Fiber Laser Technologies #Nonlinear Photonic Systems #Nonlinear Waves and Solitons #cond-mat.other #nlin.PS
paper · pdf · doi:10.1209/0295-5075/78/10004
published as Europhysics Letters, v. 78, 10004 (2007) · 7 pages, 3 figures
arxiv created 2006/12/03 · openalex publication_date 2007/03/13 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/30
We report the ejection of atoms at a crystal surface caused by energetic breathers which have travelled more than 10 7 unit cells in atomic chain directions. The breathers were created by bombardment of a crystal face with heavy ions. This effect was observed at 300 K in the layered crystal muscovite, which has linear chains of atoms for which the surrounding lattice has C 2 symmetry. The experimental techniques described could be used to study breathers in other materials and configurations.