For almost five decades metallic glasses have been subject of great interest due to their particular
and novel properties that are unusual for solid metals. Although commercial applications of metallic
glasses are increasing, there is still a limited knowledge on some of their properties. In this project
we study the response of metallic glasses in the THz frequency range, where a strong anomaly in the
vibrational spectrum, known as Boson Peak, has been reported. In order to study the existence of
this anomaly both pure metals and metallic glasses have been analyzed by means of a time-domain
spectroscopy technique. Afterwards, both metallic glasses and pure metal’s results will be compared
in order to study if the Boson Peak is intrinsically characteristic of metallic glasses.
2015/2016