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Japanese versionRipples on solids: experimental surface acoustic wave images (please click at will)
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| Gold on glass (3D) | Gold on glass: in blue (3D) | Gold on glass: more ripples (3D) |
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| Gold on glass: ripples broaden as they expand |
Gold on glass (detail) | Gold on glass: two sources |
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| Gold on glass: in blue (3D) | Gold on glass (thick film) |
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| Lots of frames for gold on glass |
Ripples on various microstructures
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| Gold pyramids on glass showing ripple bending (refraction) |
Gold pyramid (detail) |
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| Gold pyramids on glass (3D) | Lots of gold pyramids (3D) |
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| Copper strips on silicon | Reflection from edge of metal film on glass |
Complex microstructure: shows scattering of the ripples |
Ripples on crystals
Some cubic crystals
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| Square ripples on gold-coated lithium fluoride (3D) A cubic crystal (Z cut) |
More lithium fluoride | More lithium fluoride (3D) |
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| Lots of frames for gold on lithium fluoride |
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| Square ripples on gold-coated silicon (Z cut) |
Silicon (3D) |
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| Gallium arsenide (100) | Gallium arsenide (114) | Gold-coated diamond (100) |
Some tetragonal crystals
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| Ripples on gold-coated tellurium oxide (3D) A tetragonal crystal (Z cut). |
Tellurium oxide (very strange ripples) |
Tellurium oxide (3D) |
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| Tellurium oxide (3D) | Tellurium oxide (intensity) | Tellurium oxide (3D) |
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| Lots of frames for gold on tellurium oxide (Z cut) |
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| Oval ripples on tellurium oxide (X cut) | More tellurium oxide (X cut) | Titanium oxide (Z cut) |
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| More tellurium oxide (X cut) |
Ripples at the disco
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| Our ripples at the disco King Xhmu in Sapporo |