Speaker
Apply to be<br> considered for a student <br> award (Yes / No)?
No
Main supervisor (name and email)<br>and his / her institution
BA Mathe,SR Naidoo,TE Derry,J D Comins
DST CoE SM & MPRI, School of Physics, University of the Witwatersrand
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Elastic, surface waves occurring in an ion-damaged region of diamond were studied using surface Brillouin scattering (SBS). By observing the Rayleigh-like mode of pure diamond, ion implanted diamonds to doses of 1×1016 ions/cm2 and 1.5×1016 ions/cm2 we noted that pristine diamond has the highest surface wave velocity of ≈ 12500 m/s, while the heavily implanted diamond has the lowest velocity of ≈12300 m/s. Elastodynamic Green’s functions simulation played an important role in predicting and confirming the spectra observed experimentally. This work has shown that a necessary condition for observing Brillouin spectrum is optically smooth surfaces even in transparent media. It has also been observed that the optical flatness of the surface, front and back plays a vital role in surface Brillouin scattering measurements.
Would you like to <br> submit a short paper <br> for the Conference <br> Proceedings (Yes / No)?
No
Level for award<br> (Hons, MSc, <br> PhD)?
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