Photoacoustic technique for monitoring the thermal properties of porous silicon

Optical Engineering

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 343-347

  Delgadillo, Isabel ^a,c   Cruz Orea, A ^a,c,d   Vargas, Helion ^a,e,f   Calderon A ^a,c   Alvarado Gil, Juan Jose ^a,c   Miranda, L C M ^b,g,h,i  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS ESPACIAIS   (Brazil)

^c INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO NACIONAL   (Mexico)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^f UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^g FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF CEARÁ   (Brazil)

^h UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Photoacoustic and photothermal science and engineering; Photoacoustics; Porous materials; Thermal properties

Indexed keywords

EID: 1842565834     PISSN: 00913286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.601207     Document Type: Article

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