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Generation and detection of incoherent phonons in picosecond ultrasonics

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In picosecond ultrasonics experiments the absorption of a femtosecond laser pulse in a thin metallic transducer is used to generate very short acoustic pulses. These pulses are made of coherent longitudinal waves with a frequency spectrum that can reach 100-200 GHz. The laser pulse absorption gives rise to a heating of the film of a few Kelvin within a typical time of 1 ps. Later on, the heat goes in the substrate through an interface thermal resistance and is diffused by thermal conduction. At very low temperature and in pure crystals the thermal phonons emitted by the heated metallic film can propagate ballistically over large distances and produce a so-called heat pulse. We report on the experimental evidence of the coexistence of the coherent acoustic pulse and the incoherent heat pulse generated and detected by laser ultrasonics. (c) 2006 Elsevier B. V. All rights reserved.

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hal-01288519 , version 1 (15-03-2016)

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Bernard Perrin, Emmanuel Peronne, Laurent Belliard. Generation and detection of incoherent phonons in picosecond ultrasonics. Ultrasonics, 2006, 44 (1), pp.E1277-E1281. ⟨10.1016/j.ultras.2006.05.081⟩. ⟨hal-01288519⟩
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