We numerically study the localization and multifractal properties of normalized vibrational eigenvectors (NVEV), denoted by U, of the microscopic harmonic model of lattice dynamics in Thue-Morse (TM), generalized Fibonacci, octagonal, dodecagonal, Severin, circle and Rudin-Shapiro (RS) binary chain of atoms. Eigenvalues and NVEV are determined with the help of the Dean and Wu-Zheng algorithm, respectively, with free end boundary conditions for chains containing 103<N<104 atoms. The first FM(L) and second SM(L) moment, and the reduced participation ratios Λ red (L) are derived at 1≤L≤N for varying model parameters. All the chains studied show sinusoidal-like and packet-like extended NVEV with Λred(L)≃1, FM(L)≃N/2 and [Formula: see text] The new extended eigenstates called dimmerized NVEV have been found out in the case of the TM chain. The surface localized NVEV with Λred(L)≪1, FM(L)≃1 or FM(L)≃N and the strong tendency to localization of NVEV in RS chain have been observed. The critical NVEV, which dominate in the optical region of phonon spectra, are objects with a broad multifractal (αmin, αmax) spectra. If magnitudes of model parameters are increased then, first, [Formula: see text] and [Formula: see text] at L≪N and, second, [Formula: see text] and [Formula: see text] at L≃N. It is numerically shown that the multifractal spectra α′—f′ characterizing the curdling of the elastic energy field ε(L) are in excellent qualitative and quantitative agreement with the multifractal spectra of the critical NVEV.
Microscopic theory for coupled atomistic magnetization and lattice dynamics
