Issue
J. Phys. IV France
Volume 04, Number C7, Juillet 1994
8th International Topical Meeting on Photoacoustic and Photothermal Phenomena
8 ITMP3 / 8éme conférence internationale de photoacoustique et photothermique
Page(s) C7-643 - C7-646
DOI https://doi.org/10.1051/jp4:19947152
8th International Topical Meeting on Photoacoustic and Photothermal Phenomena
8 ITMP3 / 8éme conférence internationale de photoacoustique et photothermique

J. Phys. IV France 04 (1994) C7-643-C7-646

DOI: 10.1051/jp4:19947152

Thermal surface wave technique for thin film thermal diffusivity measurement

B. Zhang1, R.E. Imhof1 and W. Hartree2

1  Department of Physics and Applied Physics, Strathclyde University, Glasgow G4 ONG, U.K.
2  Quantum Metrology Division, National Physical Laboratory, Teddington TW11 0LW, U.K.


Abstract
A new method of measuring thermal diffusivities of isolated thin films, using variable transverse displacement between focused, modulated optical excitation and radiometric detection, with measurements on metal and plastic foils, is presented.



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