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Journal of Applied Physics / Volume 110 / Issue 12 / ARTICLES / Structural, Mechanical, Thermodynamic, and Optical Properties of Condensed Matter

J. Appl. Phys. 110, 123526 (2011); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.3662921 (17 pages)

Generation of inhomogeneous plane shear acoustic modes by laser-induced thermoelastic gratings at the interface of transparent and opaque solids

Mansour Kouyate, Thomas Pezeril, Denis Mounier, and Vitalyi Gusev

LPEC, UMR-CNRS 6087, ENSIM, PRES UNAM, Université du Maine, 72085 Le Mans, France

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(Received 2 July 2011; accepted 16 October 2011; published online 28 December 2011)

The detailed theoretical description of how picosecond plane shear acoustic fronts can be excited by ultrafast lasers at the interface of two isotropic media, a transparent medium and an opaque medium, is presented. The processes leading to the emission of inhomogeneous plane bulk shear acoustic modes from the interaction at the interface of plane inhomogeneous compression/dilatation modes thermoelastically generated by laser interference gratings are analyzed. The theory describes the basic features of the spectral transformation function of the laser light conversion into shear modes and predicts an interval of frequencies where it is possible to achieve the emission into the transparent medium of propagating shear inhomogeneous modes only, while the compression/dilatation inhomogeneous modes will be evanescent and will be localized at the interface. The guidelines for optimal choice of the materials, with the goal of improving the amplitude of the photoexcited picosecond shear acoustic fronts are proposed. All-optical monitoring, i.e., excitation and detection, by fs-ps laser pulses of picosecond plane inhomogeneous shear acoustic fronts propagating in thin films and substrates can be applied for the noncontact determination of shear rigidity of materials.

© 2011 American Institute of Physics

Article Outline

  1. INTRODUCTION
  2. GENERATION OF ACOUSTIC WAVES BY LASER-INDUCED HEATING OF SOLID/SOLID INTERFACE
  3. GENERATION OF INHOMOGENEOUS PLANE WAVES BY LASER-INDUCED THERMOELASTIC GRATINGS
  4. INFLUENCE OF THE INTERFACE ON THE SPECTRAL TRANSFORMATION FUNCTION OF LIGHT CONVERSION INTO PLANE INHOMOGENEOUS ACOUSTIC WAVES
  5. GENERATION OF PICOSECOND PLANE INHOMOGENEOUS ACOUSTIC TRANSIENTS BY LASER-INDUCED GRATINGS
  6. DISCUSSIONS AND CONCLUSIONS

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Keywords

acoustic wave propagation, diffraction gratings, high-speed optical techniques, inhomogeneous media, interface phenomena, light interference, photoacoustic effect, photoexcitation, thermoelasticity, thin films, transparency

PACS

  • 68.35.Gy

    Mechanical properties; surface strains

  • 78.20.Pa

    Photoacoustic effects

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.3662921

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0021-8979 (print)  
1089-7550 (online)

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