Picosecond surface acoustic waves using a suboptical wavelength absorption grating

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 66, Issue 15, 2002, Pages 1533011-1533014

  Hurley, D H ^a   Telschow, K L ^a  

^a IDAHO NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

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ARSENIC; GALLIUM; SILICON;

ABSORPTION; ACOUSTICS; ARTICLE; CRYSTAL; ELECTRON BEAM; ENERGY; EXCITATION; FOURIER TRANSFORMATION; GRATING; IRRADIATION; LASER; POLARIZATION; SEMICONDUCTOR;

EID: 0037109969     PISSN: 01631829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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