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Measurement of the Sound Velocity in AlAs by Picosecond Ultrasonics

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 February 2011

D. A. Young ,
H. T. Grahn ,
H. J. Maris ,
J. Tauc ,
J. M. Hong  and
T. P. Smith
D. A. Young
Affiliation:
Brown University, Providence, RI 02912
H. T. Grahn
Affiliation:
Brown University, Providence, RI 02912
H. J. Maris
Affiliation:
Brown University, Providence, RI 02912
J. Tauc
Affiliation:
Brown University, Providence, RI 02912
J. M. Hong
Affiliation:
IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center, Yorktown Heights, NY 10598
T. P. Smith
Affiliation:
IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center, Yorktown Heights, NY 10598
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Abstract

Picosecond ultrasonics have been used to measure the sound velocity and index of refraction in a thin film of AlAs. The AlAs layer was grown by molecular-beam epitaxy on a buffer layer of GaAs which was deposited on a semi-insulating GaAs wafer. The AlAs film was capped by a thin layer of GaAs, and a very thin film of InSb. To generate a sound wave effectively a picosecond light pulse was absorbed in the InSb film. As the sound wave propagates through the microstructure it changes the optical properties in the various films, and this produces a change in the optical reflectivity, which is measured. From the round trip time of the acoustic wave we have determined the sound velocity in the AlAs film.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 130: Symposium C – Thin Films: Stresses and Mechanical Properties I , 1988 , 59
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1989

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