Theory of Surface-Ripple Brillouin Scattering by Solids
- 27 February 1978
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters
- Vol. 40 (9), 581-583
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.40.581
Abstract
The spectrum of light Brillouin scattered from thermally excited surface ripples on an elastically isotropic solid is calculated. The theory shows good agreement with recently measured Brillouin spectra of polycrystalline aluminum and nickel.Keywords
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