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We study the features of excitation of acoustic waves by high-power microwave pulses in thin metal films bordering on liquid. Aluminum films with thicknesses 1–10 nm deposited onto a quartz substrate were used in experiments. It is shown theoretically that the absorption coefficient of microwaves is maximum for film thickness from 2 to 3 nm and the value of this maximum is determined by the dielectric permittivity of the bordering liquid. Theoretical calculations and experiments are performed for water and ethyl alcohol. The sound generation in a layered system quartz-aluminum film-liquid is analyzed with the help of the step-by-step approach. At the first step, microwave energy is absorbed in the film and heat is released. Then heat almost instantly diffuses into a liquid whose thermal expansion creates an acoustic signal. Profiles of acoustic signals excited in aluminum films by microwave pulses with a 5-ns duration and an energy of up to 1 mJ are experimentally detected. The most efficient transduction was observed for an aluminum film 3.5 nm thick.
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Translated from Izvestiya Vysshikh Uchebnykh Zavedenii, Radiofizika, Vol. 48, No. 10–11, pp. 1006–1011, October–November 2005.
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Andreev, V.G., Vdovin, V.A. Generation of acoustic waves by power microwave pulses with the use of thin metal films. Radiophys Quantum Electron 48, 896–900 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11141-006-0023-3
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