PHYS2006: Waves in One-dimensional Crystals

Here we have two different masses (shown in red and blue), alternating along the line. The image shows the displacements in an optical mode with wavevector k = Pi/6a. In optical modes, neighbouring masses tend to be displaced out of phase with each other.

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