General methods for the determination of the stiffness tensor and mass density of thin films using Brillouin light scattering: Study of tungsten carbide films

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 69, Issue 20, 2004, Pages

  Wittkowski, T ^a   Distle, G ^a   Jung, K ^a   Hillebrands, B ^a   Comins, J D ^b  

^a University of Koblenz Landau   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TUNGSTEN CARBIDE; TUNGSTEN DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACOUSTICS; ARTICLE; ELASTICITY; EXCITATION; FILM; LIGHT SCATTERING; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MONTE CARLO METHOD; RIGIDITY; THICKNESS; VELOCITY; WAVEFORM;

EID: 37649027035     PISSN: 01631829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.69.205401     Document Type: Article

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