Qu­antification of propagating and standing surface acoustic waves by stroboscopic X-ray photoemission electron microscopy

The quantification of surface acoustic waves (SAWs) in LiNbO3 piezoelectric crystals by stroboscopic X-ray photoemission electron microscopy (XPEEM), with a temporal smearing below 80 ps and a spatial resolution below 100 nm, is reported. The contrast mechanism is the varying piezoelectric surface p...

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Autores: Foerster, Michael, Statuto, Nahuel, Casals Montserrat, Blai, Hernández Mínguez, Alberto, Finizio, Simone, Mandziak, Ania, Aballe, Lucía, Hernández Ferràs, Joan, Macià Bros, Ferran
Formato: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2019
País:España
Recursos:Universidad de Barcelona
Repositorio:Dipòsit Digital de la UB
OAI Identifier:oai:diposit.ub.edu:2445/209552
Acesso em linha:https://hdl.handle.net/2445/209552
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palavra-chave:Ones acústiques de superfície
Microscòpia electrònica
Fotoemissió
Acoustic surface waves
Electron microscopy
Photoemission
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Resumo:The quantification of surface acoustic waves (SAWs) in LiNbO3 piezoelectric crystals by stroboscopic X-ray photoemission electron microscopy (XPEEM), with a temporal smearing below 80 ps and a spatial resolution below 100 nm, is reported. The contrast mechanism is the varying piezoelectric surface potential associated with the SAW phase. Thus, kinetic energy spectra of photoemitted secondary electrons measure directly the SAW electrical amplitude and allow for the quantification of the associated strain. The stroboscopic imaging combined with a deliberate detuning allows resolving and quantifying the respective standing and propagating components of SAWs from a superposition of waves. Furthermore, standing-wave components can also be imaged by low-energy electron microscopy (LEEM). Our method opens the door to studies that quantitatively correlate SAWs excitation with a variety of sample electronic, magnetic and chemical properties.