When I read literature about peak fitting of Raman spectra of semi-conductor, the authors always use Lorentzian peak profiles. Is there a particular reason for using Lorentzian peaks?
Don't think that you can always fit the Raman spectra with Lorentzian function. For example, in certain superconducting systems, the Lorentzian becomes Fano line shape function especially at low T, which is due to electron-phonon coupling.