ISSN:
1432-0630
Keywords:
PACS: 78.70.Dm; 78.20
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Mechanical Engineering, Materials Science, Production Engineering, Mining and Metallurgy, Traffic Engineering, Precision Mechanics
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Physics
Notes:
Abstract. PhotoAcoustic Spectroscopy (PAS) in the X-ray region is becoming a new field in PAS research and poses some new problems, such as heat production mechanisms and non-exponential heat distribution due to multi-excitation processes, additional signals caused by escaped fluorescence and electrons, special backing and fronting setup for comparison with absorption experiment, etc. In this paper we treat these problems and include them in an extended theoretical model which can be reduced to the RG model in a special case. The results indicate that the non-exponential heat distribution has no effect on the PA phase. The contribution by gas heating of the escaped electrons can be neglected. The thermally thin gas layers between the sample and the Be windows are sensitive factors to both amplitude and phase. The PA signal generated in the backing gas layer by the backing surface of the sample should be considered to understand the frequency dependence of the PA signal. The expansion of the backing gas layer is the reason for the phase change in PA-EXAFS.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF01538414
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