Picosecond acoustic measurements of longitudinal wave velocity of submicron polymer films

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 69, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 1692-1694

  Lee, Yung Chun ^a   Bretz, Kathleen C ^a   Wise, Frank W ^a   Sachse, Wolfgang ^b  

^a Cornell University   (United States)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

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EID: 0006950465     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.117030     Document Type: Article

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