Overbending of the longitudinal-optical-phonon branch in diamond has been evidenced along all three principal directions by a joint inelastic neutron and x-ray experiment. The observed overbending of 1.5, 0.5, and 0.2 meV ͑along the ⌬, ⌳, and ⌺ directions, respectively͒ confirms previous ab initio lattice-dynamics calculations, thus providing experimental proof for the explanation of the anomalous peak in the two-phonon Raman spectrum.
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