Temperature-Dependent Far-Infrared Absorption in Cyclotrimethylene Trinitramine Single Crystals Using Broadband Time-Domain Terahertz Spectroscopy

Abstract

We investigate the absorption properties of cyclotrimethylene trinitramine (RDX) single crystals from ∼15 to 150cm−1 using the terahertz time-domain spectroscopy. We observe that all the absorption modes exhibit strong anisotropic behavior in terms of the crystal orientations. We demonstrate that the anharmonic phonon model can well describe the temperature-dependent behaviors of these absorption modes. These results indicate that the intermolecular interaction plays a major role in the collective motion of large number of RDX molecules. Our findings provide important information for understanding and controlling the dynamic properties in the explosive materials.