Imaging of microwave-induced acoustic fields in LiNbO3 by high-performance Brillouin microscopy
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Vincent, B.[Laboratoire Européen de Recherche Universitaire: Saarland-Lorraine, Universität des Saarlandes, D-66041 Saarbrücken, Germany]
Krüger, Jan-Kristian[University of Luxembourg > Faculty of Science, Technology and Communication (FSTC) > Physics and Materials Science Research Unit >]
Elmazria, Omar[Laboratoire de Physique des Milieux Ionisés et Applications, CNRS-UMR 7040, Université H. Poincaré, Nancy I, F-54506, France]
[en] High performance Brillouin microscopy (BM) has been used to characterize the spatial distribution of piezoelectrically induced acoustic fields excited at microwave frequencies in a LiNbO3 single crystal. It is demonstrated that under suitable conditions BM is able to detect microwave-induced bulk as well as surface acoustic waves. Brillouin spectroscopy is able to probe sound wave intensities of induced phonons, which are as small as those of thermal phonons.