Spatiotemporal coherent control of lattice vibrational waves

Science

Volumn 299, Issue 5605, 2003, Pages 374-377

  Feurer, T ^a   Vaughan, Joshua C ^a   Nelson, Keith A ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARRAYS; FREQUENCIES; WAVEFRONTS;

COHERENT LATTICE RESPONSES;

VIBRATION MEASUREMENT;

LATTICE DYNAMICS; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; VIBRATION;

ARTICLE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; EXCITATION; LIGHT; POLARIMETRY; POLARIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECTROSCOPY; ULTRASOUND; VELOCITY; VIBRATION; WAVEFORM;

EID: 0037449559     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1078726     Document Type: Article

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28. Supported in part by U.S. Army Research Office grant DAAD10-01-1-0674 and NSF grants CHE97-13388 and CHE02-12375. T.F. acknowledges financial support from the Max Kade Foundation.