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

Patent ·
OSTI ID:1014664

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.

Research Organization:
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
DOE Contract Number:
AC52-07NA27344
Assignee:
Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC (Livermore, CA)
Patent Number(s):
7,788,980
Application Number:
US Patent Application 11/999,219
OSTI ID:
1014664
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

References (1)

All-Electronic Generation of Sub-Picosecond Shock-Waves and Their Application to a Terahertz Spectroscopy System conference January 1993

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