The origin of the redshift in Brillouin spectra of silica films containing tin nanoparticles

European Physical Journal B

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 31-38

  Li Bassi, A ^a,b   Bottani, C E ^a   Tanner, B K ^b   Stella, A ^c   Tognini, P ^c   Cheyssac, P ^d   Kofman, R ^d  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^b DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITÉ CÔTE D'AZUR   (France)

Author keywords

43.35.+d ultrasonics, quantum acoustics, and physical effects of sound; 61.46.+w Clusters, nanoparticles, and nanocrystalline materials; 64.70.Dv solid liquid transitions; 78.35.+c Brillouin and Rayleigh scattering; other light scattering

Indexed keywords

EID: 0007255991     PISSN: 14346028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s100510070074     Document Type: Article

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