Year: 2017
Type: article
Abstract: The existence of shear surface acoustic waves (SAWs) has been regarded as impossible in nonpiezoelectrics with homogeneous flat surfaces. We show that transverse shear SAWs can propagate near the flat surfaces of all crystalline dielectrics due to the omnipresent flexoelectric coupling. It appears that the penetration depth of the previously unexplored SAW is defined by the flexocoupling strength. Since the SAW occurs due to the flexoelectric coupling, we name it the flexoelectric SAW (flexo-SAW). We predict that the phonon spectra corresponding to the flexo-SAWs and bulk phonon modes can be separated in thin nonpiezoelectric films, such as strontium titanate.
Language: English
Subfield: Biomedical Engineering
Field: Engineering
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: green
Funder: U.S. Department of Energy
Award: G203625172
OpenAlex ID: W2566190240