Method for generation of THz frequency radiation and sensing of large amplitude material strain waves in piezoelectric materials

Title: Method for generation of THz frequency radiation and sensing of large amplitude material strain waves in piezoelectric materials

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Strain waves of THz frequencies can coherently generate radiation when they propagate past an interface between materials with different piezoelectric coefficients. Such radiation is of detectable amplitude and contains sufficient information to determine the time-dependence of the strain wave with unprecedented subpicosecond, nearly atomic time and space resolution.

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Reed, Evan J ^[1]; Armstrong, Michael R ^[2]

Pine Island, MN
Albuquerque, NM

Publication Date:: 2010-09-07

Research Org.:: Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE

OSTI Identifier:: 1014664

Patent Number(s):: 7,788,980

Application Number:: US Patent Application 11/999,219

Assignee:: Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC (Livermore, CA)

DOE Contract Number:: AC52-07NA27344

Resource Type:: Patent

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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                    Reed, Evan J, and Armstrong, Michael R. Method for generation of THz frequency radiation and sensing of large amplitude material strain waves in piezoelectric materials.  United States: N. p., 2010. 
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