Epitaxially stabilized films with the defect CsCl structure, that were
grown by molecular beam epitaxy, have been studied by surface enhance
d Raman scattering using a silver overlayer. We have observed that the
defect-induced phonon density of states features in the Raman signal
shift from 256 cm-1 for a coherently strained film to 263 cm-1 for a r
elaxed one, The lower energy observed for the former can qualitatively
be explained by the expansive trigonal distortion arising from the mi
sfit of -0.5%.