Thermal wave propagation in thin films on substrates
- 1 November 1995
- journal article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Journal of Applied Physics
- Vol. 78 (9) , 5266-5269
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.359702
Abstract
A simple dispersion equation for surface thermal waves propagating along a solid surface covered with a thin film of higher thermal conductivity is presented. It is shown to describe well phase measurements with a photothermal microscope carried out on metal films on glass substrates.This publication has 10 references indexed in Scilit:
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