Brillouin scattering study on elastic and piezoelectric properties of laser irradiated ZnO single crystals

Brillouin light scattering technique can be successfully used to determine the whole set of elastic and piezoelectric constants of a ZnO single crystal irradiated by different laser energy densities,into a micron range (radiation layer thickness).It is found that the scattering intensity,the linewidth and the Brillouin scattering shift of acoustic phonons are all strongly dependent on laser energy density.Based on the sound propagation equations and these results,the directional dependences of the compressional and shear moduli of the irradiated ZnO sample in the (001) plane are investigated.It is found that under an appropriate laser condition,248 nm KrF excimer laser irradiation can significantly improve the surface quality and increase the elastic properties of ZnO single crystal.This procedure has potential applications in the fabrication of ZnO-based surface acoustic wave and optic-electronic devices.     

Attenuation of surface phonons in opaque materials measured by Brillouin scattering

We have measured the velocity and attenuation of surface phonons in amorphous Si by Brillouin Scattering. Due to the small wavelength of the probed phonons, the elastic properties of the thin films can be determined without substrate interference. Strong differences in the mean free path are found between “amorphized” and sputtered samples. Temperature and frequency dependence suggest relaxational processes rather than scattering by defects to be responsible for the attenuation.     

Combining Brillouin spectroscopy and laser-SAW technique for elastic property characterization of thick DLC films

Surface Brillouin spectroscopy (SBS) has been widely used for elastic property characterization of thin films. For films thicker than 500 nm, however, the wavelength of surface acoustic wave in the frequency range available for SBS is smaller than film thickness, and the SBS measures only the Rayleigh wave of the film. The laser-SAW technique, on the other hand, measures only the low-frequency portion of the surface acoustic wave dispersion and can estimate only one elastic modulus of the film (typically Young's modulus). In this work, we have combined the two methods to determine both Young's modulus and Poisson's ratio of a diamond-like carbon (DLC) film. It was found that reasonable estimates can be obtained for the longitudinal wave velocity, shear wave velocity, and Young's modulus of the film. The Poisson's ratio, however, still has a relatively large measurement error.     

Surface elastic properties of Si decorated with Ni nanostructures

Brillouin spectroscopy was used to study elastic properties of the Si (1 1 1) decorated with Ni nanostructures deposited by nanospherical lithography. The height of the nickel nanostructure deposited was about 25 nm, while the area taken by the structure differed depending on the type of matrix used. It was found that the Ni nanostructures change the velocity of both bulk and surface phonons in the systems studied. This finding is in contradiction to the results concerning the surface phonons velocities in different media covered with a homogenous thin metal film, in which the effect was observed for films thicker than 70 nm.     

Combining Brillouin spectroscopy and laser-SAW technique for elastic property characterization of thick DLC films

Surface Brillouin spectroscopy (SBS) has been widely used for elastic property characterization of thin films. For films thicker than 500 nm, however, the wavelength of surface acoustic wave in the frequency range available for SBS is smaller than film thickness, and the SBS measures only the Rayleigh wave of the film. The laser-SAW technique, on the other hand, measures only the low-frequency portion of the surface acoustic wave dispersion and can estimate only one elastic modulus of the film (typically Young's modulus). In this work, we have combined the two methods to determine both Young's modulus and Poisson's ratio of a diamond-like carbon (DLC) film. It was found that reasonable estimates can be obtained for the longitudinal wave velocity, shear wave velocity, and Young's modulus of the film. The Poisson's ratio, however, still has a relatively large measurement error.     

BRILLOUIN LIGHT-SCATTERING INVESTIGATION OF ELASTIC ANOMALY FROM SUPERLATTICES

In this paper we report some new experimental results concerning the elastic properties of periodic and quasiperiodic superlattices studied by means of Brillouin spectroscopy. The observation of both bulk and surface acoustic phonons as well as the fitting using effective medium approximation on the phonon spectrum enables us to extract accurately some rele-vant effective elastic constants in both structures. We have verified that the elastic anomaly which occurs in the periodic structures is also present in quasiperiodic ones. These results imply that the interaction mechanism of Fermi electrons with reduced Brillouin zone bound-ary is not responsible for the observed elastic anomalies, The comparative study of these superlattices proves that the elastic anomaly is relevant directly to interfacial effects.     

Determination of elastic properties of Si/Ge superlattices and Si1-xGex films from surface acoustic modes by Brillouin scattering

Surface acoustic waves (SAW) have been measured by means of Brillouin scattering (BS) both as a function of k×h and the direction of k in the sample plane (k is the wavevector of the surface acoustic mode and h the thickness of the film). The velocity of the Rayleigh wave on sufficiently thick films (h > 4000 Å) has been experimentally found to ve uneffected by the elastic properties of the substrate material. Thus the directional dependence of the hypersonic surface wave is completely determined by the elastic properties of the layer material alone and reflects its crystallographic symmetry. The SL's can be treated as media with effective elastic constants because the wavelength of the thermally excited Rayleigh wave is much longer than the SL period. Furthermore, the angular dispersion of the SAW can be used to calculate the elastic constants of each film separately.     

Application of Brillouin scattering to the local anisotropy and birefringence measurements of thin layers

Brillouin scattering is an efficient nondestructive and noncontact measurement method to obtain the wave properties of thin layers at hypersonic frequencies. The reflection induced ThetaA (RIThetaA) scattering geometry enables the simultaneous measurement of the phonons, which propagate in each direction of wave vectors of q(Theta A) (propagation in the film plane) and q(180) (back scattering). Using this scattering geometry, we could observe the refractive indices and birefringence of the piezoelectric poly-vinylidene fluoride (PVDF) film as a function of temperature. By introducing the microscopic technique, the elastic anisotropy and refractive index measurements in the minute area of polycrystalline ZnO films were also performed.     

Brillouin scattering study of anharmonicity of lithium hydride at the origin of acoustic branches

Brillouin scattering was used to measure the elastic constants of lithium hybride in the temperature range 10–300 K. The linewidth of one of the longitudinal phonon was also measured. The Debye temperature and Grüneisen parameters, deduced from the temperature dependence of the sound velocity, were found in good agreement with previous independent determinations. The lifetime of thermal phonons is also estimated from the measured linewidth.     

Hypersonic absorption in amorphous polymers by light scattering

Brillouin lines have been observed in the spectrum of light scattered by poly(methylmethacrylate) and, for the first time, for poly(vinylchloride). The line widths have been measured, by a special technique, as a function of temperature. The attenuation per wavelength of thermal phonons below the glass transition temperature is almost constant over a wide frequency range (5 MHz to 10 GHz). The attentuation is ascribed to the mechanical strain field round static imperfections. Above the glass transition temperature the attenuation is associated with the well-known mechanical ∝ process. The Rayleigh light scattered by these polymers and their transparency is also discussed.     

Analysis of semiconductor surface phonons by Raman spectroscopy

Only recently Raman spectroscopy (RS) has advanced into the study of surface phonons from clean and adsorbate-covered semiconductor surfaces. RS allows the determination of eigenfrequencies as well as symmetry selection rules of surface phonons, by k-conservation limited to the Brillouin zone-center, and offers a significantly higher spectral resolution than standard surface science techniques such as high-resolution electron energy loss spectroscopy. Moreover, surface electronic states become accessible via electron–phonon coupling. In this article the fundamentals of Raman scattering from surface phonons are discussed and its potential illustrated by considering two examples, namely Sb-monolayer-terminated and clean InP(110) surfaces. Both are very well understood with respect to their atomic and electronic structure and thus may be regarded as model systems for heteroterminated and clean semiconductor surfaces. In both cases, localized surface phonons as well as surface resonances are detected by Raman spectroscopy. The experimental results are compared with surface modes predicted by theoretical calculations. On InP(110), due to the high spectral resolution of Raman spectroscopy, several surface modes predicted by theory can be experimentally verified. Surface electronic transitions are detected by changing the energy of the exciting laser light indicating resonances in the RS cross section. Received: 7 April 1999 / Accepted: 25 June 1999 / Published online: 16 September 1999     

Brillouin scattering study of epoxy adhesive layers during cure

The isothermal curing process of thin epoxy adhesive layers (mixture of a bisphenol A-based epoxy prepolymer and an aliphatic diamine curing agent) has been investigated. The Brillouin scattering technique with 90 degrees A scattering geometry enables simultaneous measurements of longitudinal and shear wave properties in the GHz range. Observed longitudinal and shear wave velocities showed similar changes during cure. They rapidly increased and gradually became constant, reflecting the elastic changes of the epoxy layer. The final velocities, however, clearly depended on the curing temperature. Taking the glass transition process of epoxy resins into consideration, these curing behaviors in thin layers are discussed.     

Gold nano-wires and nano-layers at laser-induced nano-ripples on PET

Gold nano-layers were deposited onto laser irradiated polyethyleneterephthalate (PET) surfaces. For irradiation, we used the linearly polarized light of a pulsed 248 nm KrF and 157 nm F₂ laser, respectively. In a certain range of irradiation parameters, the irradiation resulted in the formation of coherent ripples patterns with a lateral periodicity in the order of the wavelength of the laser light and with a corrugation height of several 10 nm. The deposited layers were then prepared by sputtering. The layers were analyzed by atomic force microscopy (AFM), focused ion beam (FIB) cuts, scanning electron microscopy (SEM), and angular resolved X-ray induced photoelectron spectroscopy (ARXPS). Gold sputtering on KrF laser irradiated PET led to the formation of separated “nano-wires” at the ridges of the nano-patterns and not to a continuous metal layer, as we obtained in case of gold sputtering onto F₂ irradiated PET. The results of the XPS analysis indicated, that the KrF irradiation caused degradation on the ridge of the ripples, whereas no noticeable degradation occurred for F₂ laser treatment. We attribute the different growth mechanisms of the deposited gold layers mainly to the difference in surface chemical composition of laser irradiated PET with the two different lasers employed.     

The scattering of light on sound waves in the hypersonic range of frequencies the directional sensitivity of Brillouin light scattering

Brillouin spectroscopy of acoustic phonons in transparent crystals and nontransparent metallic Co/Cu superlattices is reviewed. The method presents a directional sensitivity of the experiment. This feature is useful in elastic constants measurements in crystals and analysis of in-plane anisotropies of hyper-sound and spin waves in superlattices. Results for the LiTaO₃, LiNbO₃, LiNbO₃:Cu, SLGO, SLAO crystals are provided. Spin wave results for the Co/Cu superlattices are presented.     

激光等离子体受激布里渊散射光谱的周期性结构——前向散射的间接证据

在高强度钕玻璃激光辐照平面靶的实验中,观察到了呈现周期性尖峰结构的受激布里渊后向散射光谱,分析表明这种周期性结构是由受激布里渊前向散射与后向散射或其它方向散射之间的“声光相互作用”引起的。根据后向散射的频移和周期可以估计冕区等离子体的温度或漂移速度,以及发生前向散射的方向。 关键词：     

UV-Laser Ablation Spectroscopy in Element Analysis of Solid Surface

Laser ablation for the atomic emission spectroscopy of a glass sample is studied using pulsed UV laser systems and the effect of the laser wavelength is investigated. The threshold fluence for ablation is decreased and the detection sensitivity is improved for shorter wavelengths. Furthermore, very thin (less than 1 nm/shot) surface slicing is possible at a wavelength as short as 193 nm. Polymers also show good ablation characteristics. Improvement of sensitivity and spatial resolution by using shorter wavelength laser ablation is discussed for Na detection in a glass sample.     

暗场共焦布里渊光谱探测系统

共焦布里渊光谱技术因其具有无创、无标记、高空间分辨等优点,被广泛应用在物理化学、材料科学、矿物学等领域。但自发布里渊散射强度弱,在探测系统消光比不足的情况下,布里渊信号光谱容易与弹性背景光发生交叠甚至是被湮没,因而无法实现对布里渊频移的精确测量。尤其在生物医学等前沿领域,浑浊介质粘弹性探测需求的日益增加对布里渊光谱探测系统的抗弹性背景光性能提出了更高的要求,解决共焦布里渊光谱探测系统消光比不足这一问题刻不容缓。为了提高共焦布里渊光谱探测系统的消光比,本文构建了一种暗场共焦布里渊光谱探测系统,将暗场照明应用于共焦布里渊探测中,利用光阑实现了中心遮挡的环形照明、中心通光的圆形收集的光路配置。照明光路与收集光路非交叉的特殊配置,保证了激发光强的同时避免了系统对镜面反射光的收集,因而使得弹性背景光被削弱,布里渊信号光谱显露,提高了系统的消光比。实验表明：相较于传统明场照明配置,暗场共焦布里渊探测系统的抗弹性背景光性能提升,消光比提高了20 dB;0.001%浓度的脂肪乳溶液在暗场配置下背景光得到明显压制,布里渊信号光谱显露,实现了对浑浊介质的布里渊频移数据的精确测量;选取蒸馏水、聚甲基丙烯酸甲酯、二氧化硅玻璃三个标准样品验证暗场配置下的非严格背向散射角,理论分析与实验相吻合,保证了后续轴向声速、纵向弹性模量等参数的计算结果的准确有效。暗场共焦布里渊光谱探测系统综合暗场照明与共焦探测的优点,既拥有共焦探测的高空间分辨率,又借助暗场光路配置提升了系统的抗弹性背景光性能,实现了高消光比、高空间分辨的布里渊光谱探测,为生物医学、材料科学等前沿领域实现对物质机械性能的实时无损探测提供了新的思路。     

Laser spectroscopic investigation of a new precursor-type polyparaphenylenevinylene

Optical, structural and morphological properties of thin films of polyparaphenylenevinylene (PPV) formed by an alkyl sulfinyl precursor route have been studied. Thin films were fabricated on an optical glass and on quartz glass either by spin-coating of the precursor solution or by layer-by-layer deposition using Langmuir–Blodgett technique. PPV precursor films were also spin-coated on gold-coated glass in order to study thin-film optical parameters by surface plasmon spectroscopy. We have been successful in forming about 40 precursor mono layers on quartz glass by Langmuir–Blodgett technique using optimized surface pressure and dipping conditions. After thermal conversion of the precursor layers good quality fluorescent PPV films of yellow colour have been obtained. Optical characterization of the films was carried out by linear absorption and emission spectroscopy, ellipsometry, and surface plasmon spectroscopy. Structural and morphological studies on the thin films were carried out by using X-ray scattering and atomic force microscopy. Wave-guided travelling-wave laser action has been achieved in a PPV film on quartz glass. The sample was transversally pumped with picosecond laser pulses (wavelength 347.15 nm, duration 35 ps). Laser emission occurred at 550 nm for pump pulse energy densities above .     

Phonon-induced gaps in graphene and graphite observed by angle-resolved photoemission

Mapping by angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy of the spectral functions of graphite and graphene layers at low temperatures reveals a heretofore unreported gap of ~ 67 meV at normal emission. This gap persists to room temperature and beyond, and diminishes for increasing emission angles. We show that this gap arises from electronic coupling to out-of-plane vibrational modes at the K(ˉ) point in the surface Brillouin zone in accordance with conservation laws and selection rules governed by quantum mechanics. Our study suggests a new approach for characterizing phonons and electron-phonon coupling in solids.