Microwave ultrasonic attenuation in topaz, beryl, and tourmaline
- 1 January 1973
- journal article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Journal of Applied Physics
- Vol. 44 (1) , 10-13
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1661842
Abstract
Microwave ultrasonic attentuation measurements have been made on single crystals of topaz, beryl, and tourmaline, and all are found to exhibit very low losses. The room-temperature attenuation coefficients are consistent with the Akhiezer mechanism which arises from interactions between the ultrasonic wave and the thermal-phonon assembly.This publication has 10 references indexed in Scilit:
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