Numéro
J. Phys. Colloques
Volume 42, Numéro C6, Décembre 1981
International Conference on Phonon Physics
Page(s) C6-30 - C6-32
DOI https://doi.org/10.1051/jphyscol:1981607
International Conference on Phonon Physics

J. Phys. Colloques 42 (1981) C6-30-C6-32

DOI: 10.1051/jphyscol:1981607

TIME-RESOLVED PHONON SPECTROSCOPY OF AMORPHOUS As2S3

U. Strom, P.B. Klein, K. Weiser et S.A. Wolf

Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, D.C. 20375, U.S.A.


Abstract
Phonon pulses which were optically induced in thin evaporated films of amorphous As2S3 have been studied with a superconducting NbN bolometer. The observed ballistic and diffusive heat propagation provides a measure of the phonon mean free path (m.f.p.). The results are related to the microscopic structural order of the chalcogenide glass as evidenced from previous optical and structural studies.