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Picosecond ultrasonic measurement of the velocity of phonons in water
Author(s) -
Shelton L. J.,
Yang F.,
Ford W. K.,
Maris H. J.
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
physica status solidi (b)
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.51
H-Index - 109
eISSN - 1521-3951
pISSN - 0370-1972
DOI - 10.1002/pssb.200440030
Subject(s) - picosecond , interferometry , ultrasonic sensor , speed of sound , acoustics , optics , sample (material) , sound (geography) , phonon , materials science , physics , condensed matter physics , thermodynamics , laser
We report measurements of the sound velocity as a function of temperature in water using the picosecond acoustic interferometry technique. We show that this method can be used to make velocity measurements on very small sample volumes. (© 2005 WILEY‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)