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., Klieber, Christoph, Nelson, Keith Adam, Pezeril, Thomas
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Institute for Soldier Nanotechnologies
Format: Article
Language:en_US
Published: American Physical Society 2010
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/51368
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author Andrieu, S.
Klieber, Christoph
Nelson, Keith Adam
Pezeril, Thomas
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Andrieu, S.
Klieber, Christoph
Nelson, Keith Adam
Pezeril, Thomas
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description 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 generate frequency-tunable transverse acoustic waves, and uses time-domain coherent Brillouin scattering to detect the waves after they propagate through a liquid layer and into a solid substrate. A linear frequency dependence is found for both the shear speed and attenuation rate in glycerol.
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spelling mit-1721.1/513682022-10-01T20:41:15Z Optical Generation of Gigahertz-Frequency Shear Acoustic Waves in Liquid Glycerol Andrieu, S. Klieber, Christoph Nelson, Keith Adam Pezeril, Thomas Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Institute for Soldier Nanotechnologies Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Chemistry Nelson, Keith Adam Nelson, Keith Adam Pezeril, Thomas Klieber, Christoph 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 generate frequency-tunable transverse acoustic waves, and uses time-domain coherent Brillouin scattering to detect the waves after they propagate through a liquid layer and into a solid substrate. A linear frequency dependence is found for both the shear speed and attenuation rate in glycerol. National Science Foundation Department of Energy 2010-02-05T14:58:59Z 2010-02-05T14:58:59Z 2009-03 2008-09 Article http://purl.org/eprint/type/JournalArticle 0031-9007 http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/51368 Pezeril, T. et al. “Optical Generation of Gigahertz-Frequency Shear Acoustic Waves in Liquid Glycerol.” Physical Review Letters 102.10 (2009): 107402. (C) 2010 The American Physical Society. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7804-5418 en_US http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.102.107402 Physical Review Letters Article is made available in accordance with the publisher's policy and may be subject to US copyright law. Please refer to the publisher's site for terms of use. application/pdf American Physical Society APS
spellingShingle Andrieu, S.
Klieber, Christoph
Nelson, Keith Adam
Pezeril, Thomas
Optical Generation of Gigahertz-Frequency Shear Acoustic Waves in Liquid Glycerol
title Optical Generation of Gigahertz-Frequency Shear Acoustic Waves in Liquid Glycerol
title_full Optical Generation of Gigahertz-Frequency Shear Acoustic Waves in Liquid Glycerol
title_fullStr Optical Generation of Gigahertz-Frequency Shear Acoustic Waves in Liquid Glycerol
title_full_unstemmed Optical Generation of Gigahertz-Frequency Shear Acoustic Waves in Liquid Glycerol
title_short Optical Generation of Gigahertz-Frequency Shear Acoustic Waves in Liquid Glycerol
title_sort optical generation of gigahertz frequency shear acoustic waves in liquid glycerol
url http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/51368
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