Ms. Brodin et al., SOUND GENERATION UNDER PULSE PHOTOEXCITAT ION IN LAYERED SEMICONDUCTORS PBI2, UKRAINSKII FIZICHESKII ZHURNAL, 39(5-6), 1994, pp. 607-613
Investigations of photoacoustic response of different layered semi-con
ductor PbI2 polytypes, that depend on the quantum energy h nu(ex), exc
iting densities I-o, and temperature T (4.5 - 300 K), show that the ma
in mechanism of the sound generation in such materials under photo-exc
itation by periodical nanosecond-laser-pulses is thermoelastic. The ob
served structure of photoacoustic response changes is connected with d
istruction of the samples and appearance of thermally detached areas.