Picosecond ultrasonics with miniaturized semiconductor lasers
Abstract
There is a great desire to extend ultrasonic techniques to the imaging and characterization of nanoobjects. This can be achieved by picosecond ultrasonics, where by using ultrafast lasers it is possible to generate and detect acoustic waves with frequencies up to terahertz and wavelengths down to nanometers. In our work we present a picosecond ultrasonics setup based on miniaturized mode-locked semiconductor lasers, whose performance allows us to obtain the necessary power, pulse duration and repetition rate. Using such a laser, we measure the ultrasonic echo signal with picosecond resolution in a 112 nm thick Al film deposited on a semiconductor substrate. We show that the obtained signal is as good as the signal obtained with a standard bulky mode-locked Ti-Sa laser. The experiments pave the way for designing integrated portable picosecond ultrasonic setups on the basis of miniaturized semiconductor lasers.
Citation
Kobecki , M , Tandoi , G , Di Gaetano , E , Sorel , M , Scherbakov , A V , Czerniuk , T , Schneider , C , Kamp , M , Höfling , S , Akimov , A V & Bayer , M 2020 , ' Picosecond ultrasonics with miniaturized semiconductor lasers ' , Ultrasonics . https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ultras.2020.106150
Publication
Ultrasonics
Status
Peer reviewed
ISSN
0041-624XType
Journal article
Description
Funding: Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung through the project “Nano Akusto-Mechanik mit integriertem Laser (NAMIL)” (FKZ 13N14071) and the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft in the frame of TRR 142 (project A6).Collections
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