University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Acoustic waves in crystals: I. Ultrasonic flux imaging and internal diffraction. II. Imaging phonons in superconducting niobium
Abstract
dc:descriptionAcoustic wave propagation is studied via imaging techniques in two regimes not previously amenable to such experiments. (I) The low-temperature phonon-imaging technique is extended to ultrasonic frequencies at room temperatures where it is used to study the anisotropic propagation of acoustic waves in crystals. (II) The low-temperature heat-pulse technique is applied to a study of phonon transport in superconducting niobium, providing the first phonon images of a metal and revealing interesting interactions between phonons and quasiparticles.
Degree
thesis:*- Name thesis:degree_name
- Ph.D.
- Level thesis:degree_level
- Dissertation
- Discipline thesis:degree_discipline
- Physics
- Grantor
- University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Year dc:date
- 2011
Author and committee
dc:creator, dc:contributor.*- Author dc:creator
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- Hauser, Matt Russell
- Contributors dc:contributor
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- Wolfe, J.P.
Subjects
dc:subject × 1Rights
dc:rights- Statement dc:rights
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- Copyright 1995 Hauser, Matt Russell
- Language dc:language
- eng
Identifiers
dc:identifier.*- Identifier
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AAI9624358
(UMI)AAI9624358 - OAI identifier oai:identifier
- oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/19679