Most books on ultrasonic nondestructive evaluation (NDE) focus either on its theoretical
background or on advanced applications. Furthermore, information on the most current …

There is currently a renewed interest in the development of experimental methods to
achieve the elastic characterization of thin films, multilayers and acoustic resonators …

Thin amorphous silicon layers on crystalline silicon substrates have been produced by
argon-ion bombardment of (001) silicon surfaces. Thermally induced surface excitations …

This book edited by Tribikram Kundu is an expanded and updated version of Ultrasonic
Nondestructive Evaluation: Engineering and Biological Material Characterization (CRC …

In this work it is shown that the Brillouin light scattering technique can be successfully
applied for determining the five effective elastic constants of a single transparent film of …

Brillouin light scattering is generally referred to as the inelastic scattering of an incident
optical wave field by thermally excited elastic waves (elastic waves of thermal origin are …

The elastic constants and density of supported palladium film have been determined,
together with their changes produced by exposure to a gas concentration of 1% H2 in N2 at …

A transient grating laser ultrasonic method known as real-time impulsive stimulated thermal
scattering is used to excite and monitor Lamb acoustic waveguide modes iu free-standing …

1.2.1 Elastic constants s, c; Table 3. Cubic system. Elements, pp. 11-17 Page 1 1.2 Tables
1.2.1 Elastic constants Table 3. Cubic system. Elements (3 constants, see Table 1). Element …

Brillouin scattering from surface phonons was used for determining the dispersion curves of
guided acoustic modes propagating along piezoelectric ZnO films. Measurements were …