Photoacoustic transients generated by laser irradiation of thin films

Irradiation of an optically thin layer immersed in a transparent fluid with pulsed laser radiation can generate photoacoustic waves through two mechanisms. The first of these is the conventional optical heating of the layer followed by thermal expansion, in which the mechanical motion of the expansi...

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Main Authors: Lian Xiong, Jennifer M. Ruddock, Gerald J. Diebold
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2015-06-01
Series:Photoacoustics
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2213597915000063