We have studied the effect of uniaxial stress on the long-wavelength o
ptical phonons of InSb at room temperature using Raman spectroscopy. F
rom the observed frequency shifts and degeneracy splittings we obtain
values for the phonon deformation potentials. The results are used to
analyze previously reported Raman measurements of phonons in strained
InSb/In1-xAlxSb superlattices. (C) 1997 American Institute of Physics.