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JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS
Volume 105, Issue 8, Pages -Publisher
AMER INST PHYSICS
DOI: 10.1063/1.3095470
Keywords
aluminium; copper; distributed Bragg reflectors; Fabry-Perot resonators; high-speed optical techniques; laser cavity resonators; measurement by laser beam; metallic thin films; photoacoustic effect; piezo-optical effects; ultrasonic variables measurement
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- Air Force Office of Scientific Research [FA FA9550-08-1-0340]
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A detailed analysis of the use of an optical cavity to enhance picosecond ultrasonic signals is presented. The optical cavity is formed between a distributed Bragg reflector and the metal thin film samples to be studied. Experimental results for Al and Cu films show enhancement of acoustic signals by up to two orders of magnitude and are in good agreement with calculated results based on a previously established model. This technique provides an efficient method for detecting sound in materials with small piezo-optic coefficients and makes it possible to determine the actual pulse shape of the returning acoustic echoes.
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