Concepts and use cases for picosecond ultrasonics with x-rays [PDF]
This review discusses picosecond ultrasonics experiments using ultrashort hard x-ray probe pulses to extract the transient strain response of laser-excited nanoscopic structures from Bragg-peak shifts.
Maximilian Mattern +5 more
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Spectral analysis of amplitude and phase echoes in picosecond ultrasonics for strain pulse shape determination [PDF]
We introduce a spectral analysis method in picosecond ultrasonics to derive strain pulse shapes in an opaque sample with known optical properties. The method makes use of both the amplitude and phase of optical transient relative reflectance changes ...
Takehiro Tachizaki +5 more
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Surface plasmon-based detection for picosecond ultrasonics in planar gold-dielectric layer geometries [PDF]
Longitudinal acoustic modes in planar thin gold films are excited and detected by a combination of ultrafast pump-probe photoacoustic spectroscopy and a surface plasmon resonance (SPR) technique.
F. Noll +4 more
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Evaluation of Optical and Acoustical Properties of Ba1−xSrxTiO3 Thin Film Material Library via Conjugation of Picosecond Laser Ultrasonics with X-ray Diffraction, Energy Dispersive Spectroscopy, Electron Probe Micro Analysis, Scanning Electron and Atomic Force Microscopies [PDF]
Wide-range continuous spatial variation of the film composition in lateral compositionally graded epitaxial films requires the development of high throughput measurement techniques for their local and non-destructive characterization with the highest ...
Sathyan Sandeep +7 more
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Study of Elastic and Structural Properties of BaFe2As2 Ultrathin Film Using Picosecond Ultrasonics. [PDF]
We obtain the through-thickness elastic stiffness coefficient (C33) in nominal 9 nm and 60 nm BaFe2As2 (Ba-122) thin films by using picosecond ultrasonics.
Cheng D +12 more
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Picosecond ultrasonics with miniaturized semiconductor lasers. [PDF]
There is a great desire to extend ultrasonic techniques to the imaging and characterization of nanoobjects. This can be achieved by picosecond ultrasonics, where by using ultrafast lasers it is possible to generate and detect acoustic waves with frequencies up to terahertz and wavelengths down to nanometers.
M. Kobecki +10 more
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Effect of surface plasmon on optical detection of picosecond ultrasonic pulses generated in aluminum nanofilms [PDF]
Photoacoustic and thermoacoustic detection methods, including picosecond ultrasonic laser sonar based on metallic thin films, are widely used in industrial applications for their noninvasiveness.
Ting-Shan Lee, Chi-Kuang Sun
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Sound velocity mapping from GHz Brillouin oscillations in transparent materials by optical incidence from the side of the sample [PDF]
Time-domain Brillouin scattering (TDBS) is an all-optical experimental technique for investigating transparent materials based on laser picosecond ultrasonics. Its application ranges from imaging thin-films, polycrystalline materials and biological cells
Motonobu Tomoda +4 more
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Imaging phonon eigenstates and elucidating the energy storage characteristics of a honeycomb-lattice phononic crystal cavity [PDF]
We extend gigahertz time-domain imaging to a wideband investigation of the eigenstates of a phononic crystal cavity. Using omnidirectionally excited phonon wave vectors, we implement an ultrafast technique to experimentally probe the two-dimensional ...
P.H. Otsuka +10 more
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Time-domain Brillouin imaging of sound velocity and refractive index using automated angle scanning [PDF]
We present a picosecond optoacoustic technique for mapping both the longitudinal sound velocity v and the refractive index n in solids by automated measurement at multiple probe incidence angles in time-domain Brillouin scattering.
Motonobu Tomoda +4 more
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