Format:
Online-Ressource (1 online resource (428 p.))
,
digital, PDF file(s).
Edition:
Online-Ausg.
ISBN:
9780511665424
Content:
Drop a pebble in a pond and the results are quite predictable: circular waves flow from the point of impact. Hit a point on a crystalline solid, however, and the expanding waves are highly non-spherical: the elasticity of a crystal is anisotropic. This book provides a fresh look at the vibrational properties of crystalline solids, elucidated by new imaging techniques. From the megahertz vibrations of ultrasound to the near-terahertz vibrations associated with heat, the underlying elastic anisotropy of the crystal asserts itself. Phonons are elementary vibrations that affect many properties of solids - thermal, electrical and magnetic. This text covers the basic theory and experimental observations of phonon propagation in solids. Phonon imaging techniques provide physical insights into such topics as phonon focusing, lattice dynamics and ultrasound propagation. Scattering of phonons from interfaces, superlattices, defects and electrons are treated in detail. The book includes many striking and original illustrations
Note:
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015)
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780521620611
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780521022088
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Wolfe, James P., 1943 - Imaging phonons Cambridge [u.a.] : Cambridge Univ. Press, 1998 ISBN 0521620619
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9780521620611
Language:
English
Keywords:
Festkörper
;
Akustische Oberflächenwelle
;
Phonon
;
Festkörper
;
Schallausbreitung
DOI:
10.1017/CBO9780511665424
