Measurement of shorter-than-skin-depth acoustic pulses in a metal film via transient reflectivity

Manke, K. J.; Maznev, A. A.; Klieber, C.; Shalagatskyi, V.; Temnov, V. V.; Makarov, D.; Baek, S. -H.; Eom, C. -B.; Nelson, K. A.

doi:10.1063/1.4826210

Measurement of shorter-than-skin-depth acoustic pulses in a metal film via transient reflectivity

Journal Article · Mon Oct 21 00:00:00 EDT 2013 · Applied Physics Letters

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4826210· OSTI ID:1557652

Manke, K. J. ^[1]; Maznev, A. A. ^[2]; Klieber, C. ^[2]; Shalagatskyi, V. ^[3]; Temnov, V. V. ^[3]; Makarov, D. ^[4]; Baek, S. -H. ^[5]; Eom, C. -B. ^[5]; Nelson, K. A. ^[2]

Massachusetts Inst. of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA (United States); Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI)
Massachusetts Inst. of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA (United States)
Université du Maine, Le Mans (France)
IFW Dresden (Germany)
Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI (United States)

The detection of ultrashort laser-generated acoustic pulses at a metal surface and the reconstruction of the acoustic strain profile are reported on. A 2 ps-long acoustic pulse generated in an SrRuO₃ layer propagates through an adjacent gold layer and is detected at its surface by a reflected probe pulse. We show that the intricate shape of the transient reflectivity waveform and the ability to resolve acoustic pulses shorter than the optical skin depth are controlled by a single parameter, which is determined by the ratio of the real and imaginary parts of the photoelastic constant of the material. Finally, we reveal a Fourier transform-based algorithm that can be used to extract acoustic strain profiles from transient reflectivity measurements.

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Research Organization:: Massachusetts Inst. of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES) (SC-22)

Grant/Contract Number:: FG02-00ER15087

OSTI ID:: 1557652

Journal Information:: Applied Physics Letters, Journal Name: Applied Physics Letters Journal Issue: 17 Vol. 103; ISSN 0003-6951

Publisher:: American Institute of Physics (AIP)Copyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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