Optical Generation of Gigahertz-Frequency Shear Acoustic Waves in Liquid Glycerol

Picosecond laser ultrasonic techniques for acoustic wave generation and detection have been employed to probe shear acoustic waves in liquid glycerol at gigahertz frequencies. The experimental approach uses a unique laser pulse shaping technique and a crystallographically canted metal layer to gener...

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Main Authors: Andrieu, S. (Author), Klieber, Christoph (Contributor), Nelson, Keith Adam (Contributor), Pezeril, Thomas (Contributor)
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Institute for Soldier Nanotechnologies (Contributor), Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Chemistry (Contributor)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Physical Society, 2010-02-05T14:58:59Z.
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