Rapid progress in the synthesis and processing of materials with structure on nanometer
length scales has created a demand for greater scientific understanding of thermal transport …

Over the past four years, there has been a surge of activity in the supercontinuum field since
the introduction of various types of microstructure fibers. The main reason for this great …

The aim of this article is to provide an introduction to picosecond laser ultrasonics, a means
by which gigahertz–terahertz ultrasonic waves can be generated and detected by ultrashort …

This is a comprehensive theoretical survey of acoustic wave propagation in layered
materials including elastic, viscoelastic and piezoelectric layers. The phonon modes are …

In this Letter we propose the use of hypersonic phononic crystals to control the emission and
propagation of high frequency phonons. We report the fabrication of high quality, single …

Reversible structural changes of a nanostructure were measured nondestructively with
subpicometer spatial and subpicosecond temporal resolution via x-ray diffraction (XRD). The …

Femtosecond transient reflectivity and absorption are used to measure the carrier lifetimes in
α‐Fe 2 O 3 thin films and single crystals. The results from the thin films show that initially …

Covering the key theories, tools, and techniques of this dynamic field, Handbook of
Nanophysics: Principles and Methods elucidates the general theoretical principles and …

Acoustic nanocavities display localized acoustic states similar to the confined electronic
levels in atoms and quantum wells. Exploiting this parallel and concepts used in photonics …

By direct observation of coherent acoustic phonons, we demonstrate a novel extrinsic
piezoelectric response in colloidal CdSe semiconductor quantum dots. This response is …