Listening to Light Reflections: Nature Communications [English]
Channel: Tomaz Pozar - R&D
Date: 2018-08-21

Linear momentum deposition from a light pulse to elastic waves with their subsequent propagation and detection.

Read by: Kenneth J. Chau

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Title of the paper: Isolated detection of elastic waves driven by the momentum of light

Journal: Nature Communications

Links to the paper:
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-05706-3
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-018-05706-3
https://rdcu.be/4Unl

Authors and institutions:

Tomaž Požar, Jernej Laloš, Aleš Babnik, Rok Petkovšek
from
Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana 1000, Slovenia

Max Bethune-Waddell, Kenneth J. Chau
from
School of Engineering, The University of British Columbia, Kelowna, British Columbia V1V-1V7, Canada

Gustavo V. B. Lukasievicz
from
Department of Physics, Universidade Tecnológica Federal do Paraná, Medianeira, Paraná 85884-000, Brazil

Nelson G. C. Astrath
from
Department of Physics, Universidade Estadual de Maringá, Maringá, Paraná 87020-900, Brazil

Funding and acknowledgments:
T.P., J.L., A.B. and R.P. acknowledge the financial support from the Slovenian Research Agency (research core funding No. P2-0270 and P2-0392). G.V.B.L. and N.G.C.A. acknowledge the financial support from the Brazilian agencies CAPES, CNPq, and Fundação Araucária. T.P. and N.G.C.A. acknowledge the support from PVE-CAPES (grant No. 23038.010102/2013-34). K.J.C. acknowledges support from NSERC Discovery Grants program. We thank Altechna for providing the substrate and Optida for the manufacturing of the HR coating.