Picosecond shear waves in nano-sized solids and liquids

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Pezeril, T.; Nelson, Keith Adam; Klieber, Christoph; Andrieu, S.; Chateigner, D.
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Abstract
We will review recent progress on the generation and detection of picosecond shear acoustic waves. Examples will be shown in which the transverse isotropic symmetry of the sample structure is broken in order to permit shear wave generation through sudden laser heating. As an illustration of the technique, picosecond longitudinal and shear acoustic waves have been successfully employed to probe structural dynamics in nano-sized solids (gold nano-crystals assemblies) and nano-sized liquids (glycerol and water).
Date issued
2009-02
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/52630
Department
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Chemistry
Journal
Proceedings of SPIE--the International Society for Optical Engineering
Publisher
Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers
Citation
Pezeril, T. et al. “Picosecond shear waves in nano-sized solids and liquids.” Ultrafast Phenomena in Semiconductors and Nanostructure Materials XIII. Ed. Kong-Thon Tsen et al. San Jose, CA, USA: SPIE, 2009. 721408-9. © 2009 SPIE
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SPIE CID: 721408-9
ISSN
0277-786X
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