title: Jones matrix formalism for the theory of picosecond shear acoustic pulse detection.
abstract: A theoretical analysis of the transient optical reflectivity of a sample by a normalized Jones matrix is presented. The off-diagonal components of the normalized matrix are identified with the complex rotation of the polarization ellipse. Transient optical polarimetry is a relevant technique to detect shear acoustic strain pulses propagating normally to the surface of an optically isotropic sample. Moreover, polarimetry has a selective sensitivity to shear waves, as this technique cannot detect longitudinal waves that propagate normally to the sample surface.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire de Physique de l'Etat Condensé, UMR CNRS 6087, Université du Maine, Avenue Olivier Messiaen, 72085 LE MANS Cedex 9, France. denis.mounier@univ-lemans.fr
authors.forename: Denis
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Mounier
authors.forename: Pascal
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Picart
authors.forename: Philippe
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Babilotte
authors.forename: Pascal
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Ruello
authors.forename: Jean-Marc
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Breteau
authors.forename: Thomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Pézeril
authors.forename: Gwenaëlle
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Vaudel
authors.forename: Mansour
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kouyaté
authors.forename: Vitalyi
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Gusev
mesh_terms: D000162:Acoustics; D000465:Algorithms; D016880:Anisotropy; D004867:Equipment Design; D007090:Image Interpretation, Computer-Assisted / Q000379:methods; D008859:Microscopy, Polarization / Q000379:methods; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D055095:Optics and Photonics; D009991:Oscillometry / Q000379:methods; D013314:Stress, Mechanical; D013997:Time Factors