Allan Raudsepp, Christian Fretigny, François Lequeux, Laurence Talini
UPMC, UMR 7615, Laboratoire PPMD, Paris, France.
The Review of scientific instruments 2012 JanIn surface fluctuation specular reflection spectroscopy (SFSRS) deflections of a specularly reflected laser beam are used to characterize thermally excited surface waves. Here we report on a new two beam version of SFSRS in which the deflections of two reflected laser beams from separate locations on a surface are correlated. We demonstrate that this new two beam SFSRS technique can be used to determine directly the power spectrum of height fluctuation of thermally excited surface waves over a large range of both frequencies and wavevectors. In addition, we show that the technique is well suited for materials ranging from simple liquids to complex liquids and soft solids, including turbid materials.
Allan Raudsepp, Christian Fretigny, François Lequeux, Laurence Talini. Two beam surface fluctuation specular reflection spectroscopy. The Review of scientific instruments. 2012 Jan;83(1):013111
PMID: 22299933
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