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High-frequency surface acoustic wave propagation in nanostructures characterized by coherent extreme ultraviolet beams

Appl. Phys. Lett. 94, 093103 (2009); doi:10.1063/1.3090032

Published 3 March 2009

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Mark E. Siemens,1 Qing Li,1 Margaret M. Murnane,1 Henry C. Kapteyn,1 Ronggui Yang,2 Erik H. Anderson,3 and Keith A. Nelson4
1Department of Physics and JILA, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado 80309-0440, USA
2Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado 80309-0440, USA
3Center for X-Ray Optics, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
4Department of Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
We study ultrahigh frequency surface acoustic wave propagation in nickel-on-sapphire nanostructures. The use of ultrafast, coherent, extreme ultraviolet beams allows us to extend optical measurements of propagation dynamics of surface acoustic waves to frequencies of nearly 50 GHz, corresponding to wavelengths as short as 125 nm. We repeat the measurement on a sequence of nanostructured samples to observe surface acoustic wave dispersion in a nanostructure series. These measurements are critical for accurate characterization of interfaces beneath very thin films using this technique. ©2009 American Institute of Physics
History: Received 30 January 2009; accepted 7 February 2009; published 3 March 2009
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KEYWORDS and PACS

Keywords
PACS
  • 68.35.Iv
    Acoustical properties (solid surfaces/interfaces)
  • 61.46.-w
    Structure of nanoscale materials
  • 62.65.+k
    Acoustical properties of solids
  • 78.20.Hp
    Piezo-, elasto-, and acoustooptical effects (bulk materials/thin films)
  • YEAR: 2009

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