Abstract
We will take into account the relaxation or build-up time necessary for the onset of a heat flux after a temperature gradient is imposed on a sample, to derive the hyperbolic heat diffusion equation. It is shown solving this equation that, in photothermal experiments involving intensity modulated laser light, there exists a critical modulation frequency at which the heat flux changes its diffusive character to a wave propagation process with the velocity of sound. On the other hand, in the case of time domain experiments, i.e., when a sample is exposed to an ultra-short laser pulse, our calculations show the existence of thermal waves propagating through the sample, whose behaviour will be discussed
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 365-368 |
Number of pages | 4 |
Journal | Journal De Physique. IV : JP |
Volume | 125 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 2005 |
Externally published | Yes |
Event | 13th ICPPP International Conference on Photoacoustic and PhotothermalPhenomena - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Duration: 5 Jul 2004 → 8 Jul 2004 |