Phonon attenuation in the GHz regime: Measurements and simulations with a visco-elastic material model

Physics Procedia

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 343-350

  Bryner, Juerg ^a   Kehoe, Timothy ^b,c   Vollmann, Jacqueline ^a   Aebi, Laurent ^a   Wenke, Ingo ^a   Dual, Jurg ^a  

^a Institute of Mechanical Systems (IMES)   (Switzerland)

^b CATALAN INSTITUTE OF NANOSCIENCE AND NANOTECHNOLOGY ICN2   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Bulk acoustic waves; Laser acoustics; Phonon attenuation; Thin film metrology; Wave propagation

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC WAVE PROPAGATION; ACOUSTIC WAVES; ACOUSTICS; ALUMINUM; ELASTIC WAVES; INFRARED DEVICES; INFRARED LASERS; LASER EXCITATION; LASER PULSES; METALLIC FILMS; NANOIMPRINT LITHOGRAPHY; OPTICAL PUMPING; PHONONS; POLYMETHYL METHACRYLATES; PROBES; PUMPING (LASER); SAPPHIRE; SILICON WAFERS; TRANSDUCERS; ULTRASONIC TESTING; WAVE PROPAGATION;

BULK ACOUSTIC WAVES; LASER-ACOUSTICS; NEAR-INFRARED LASERS; NON-DESTRUCTIVE MEASUREMENT; PHOTOACOUSTIC DETECTION; SAPPHIRE SUBSTRATES; THIN FILM METROLOGY; VISCO-ELASTIC MATERIAL;

THIN FILMS;

EID: 77951581024     PISSN: 18753884     EISSN: 18753892     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1016/j.phpro.2010.01.045     Document Type: Conference Paper

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