Imaging grain microstructure in a model ceramic energy material with optically generated coherent acoustic phonons

Yuzhou Wang; David H. Hurley; Zilong Hua; Thomas Pezeril; Samuel Raetz; Vitalyi E. Gusev; Vincent Tournat; Marat Khafizov

doi:10.1038/s41467-020-15360-3

Nature Communications (Mar 2020)

Imaging grain microstructure in a model ceramic energy material with optically generated coherent acoustic phonons

Yuzhou Wang,
David H. Hurley,
Zilong Hua,
Thomas Pezeril,
Samuel Raetz,
Vitalyi E. Gusev,
Vincent Tournat,
Marat Khafizov

Affiliations

Yuzhou Wang: Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, The Ohio State University
David H. Hurley: Idaho National Laboratory
Zilong Hua: Idaho National Laboratory
Thomas Pezeril: Institut Molécules et Matériaux du Mans, UMR-CNRS 6283, Le Mans Université
Samuel Raetz: Laboratoire d’Acoustique de l’Université du Mans, LAUM - UMR 6613 CNRS, Le Mans Université, Avenue Olivier Messiaen
Vitalyi E. Gusev: Laboratoire d’Acoustique de l’Université du Mans, LAUM - UMR 6613 CNRS, Le Mans Université, Avenue Olivier Messiaen
Vincent Tournat: Laboratoire d’Acoustique de l’Université du Mans, LAUM - UMR 6613 CNRS, Le Mans Université, Avenue Olivier Messiaen
Marat Khafizov: Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, The Ohio State University

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-15360-3
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 8

Abstract

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Optically generated acoustic phonons have enabled depth resolved microstructure characterization. Here, the authors extend this method to obtain information on the orientation of individual crystallites by studying influence of probe beam polarization on detected signal amplitude.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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