Coherent control of gigahertz surface acoustic and bulk phonons using ultrafast optical pulses

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 93, Issue 11, 2008, Pages

  Hurley, D H ^a   Lewis, R ^a   Wright, O B ^b   Matsuda, O ^b  

^a IDAHO NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; ALUMINA; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE EMISSION; GALLIUM ALLOYS; LASER PULSES; LIGHT METALS; LIGHT PULSE GENERATORS; MICHELSON INTERFEROMETERS; PHONONS; SEMICONDUCTING SILICON COMPOUNDS; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE MODELS; SILICON; SUBSTRATES;

ACOUSTIC PHONONS; BULK PHONONS; COHERENT CONTROL; DESTRUCTIVE INTERFERENCE; GAAS SUBSTRATES; LONGITUDINAL ACOUSTIC; MATERIAL SYSTEMS; SEMICONDUCTOR SUBSTRATES; TWO-PUMP; ULTRAFAST OPTICAL PULSES;

ACOUSTICS;

EID: 52349091391     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2978197     Document Type: Article

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