title: On interference effects in the elastodynamic Green's functions G33(x, omega) of Si and GaAs.
abstract: In this paper, we analyze interference effects present in the elastodynamic Green's functions G33(x,omega) of the cubic crystals Si and GaAs, which are associated with folded portions of the wave surface of the slow transverse (ST) acoustic mode. G33(x,omega) represents the three dimensional extension of the amplitude distribution imaged in the transmission acoustic microscopy of these crystals. The intensity contrast for oscillations of a particular wave vector k in the interference pattern is determined essentially by the 3D Fourier transform of G33(x,omega)G33*(x,omega). According to the Fourier autocorrelation theorem, that transform is equivalent to the autocorrelation function of the corresponding distribution G(33)(k,omega) in k-space. We show that due to the linear mapping between k-space and the slowness vector s-space, the interference phenomena discussed here are related to geometrical features of the slowness surface of the ST mode. We present calculations of these effects based on the angular spectrum technique.
authors.affiliation: Wrocław University of Technology, Institute of Physics, Wyb. Wyspiańskiego 27, 50-370 Wrocław, Poland. Mieczyslaw.Pluta@pwr.wroc.pl <Mieczyslaw.Pluta@pwr.wroc.pl>
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Pluta
authors.forename: A G
authors.initials: AG
authors.lastname: Every
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Grill