title: Individual and collective vibrational modes of nanostructures studied by picosecond ultrasonics.
abstract: We report on picosecond ultrasonic measurements obtained on aluminum and platinum nanostructures with variable dot size and lateral periodicity which realized a 2D phononic crystal. Performing investigations at different resolution scales, we have identified individual modes of vibration depending on the dot size, and mode of vibration strongly correlated with the bi-dimensional organization. The platinum dots sputtered on an aluminum layer have shown a behavior of isolated oscillators without any coupling between neighbor elements in this phononic crystal. The frequency of such normal modes, extracted from time resolved measurements are in good agreement with 3D finite element simulations. In contrast, with aluminum dot systems where the coupling is more efficient we observe a complex spectrum of vibrational modes related to the band structure induced by the bi-dimensional patterning.
authors.affiliation: INSP, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris 6, Université Denis Diderot, Paris 7, CNRS, UMR 7588, Campus Boucicaut, Paris, France.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Bienville
authors.forename: J F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Robillard
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Belliard
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Roch-Jeune
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Devos
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Perrin
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D003198:Computer Simulation; D004548:Elasticity; D007834:Lasers; D008422:Materials Testing / Q000379:methods*; D008956:Models, Chemical; D049329:Nanostructures / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D011829:Radiation Dosage; D011874:Radiometry / Q000379:methods; D014465:Ultrasonics; D014732:Vibration