Optical losses are the major drawback to overcome in the solar energy industry and
development. Conversion of solar radiation into heat accounts for over 80% of the incident …

Electromagnetic momentum carried by light is observable through the mechanical effects
radiation pressure exerts on illuminated objects. Momentum conversion from …

The measurement of dynamic surface displacement is crucial in understanding mechanical
and thermophysical dynamics at nanometre to micrometer-scale. Interferometers using …

Measurement of the thermal mirror caused by laser heating provides direct access to the
optical, thermophysical, and mechanical properties of solid materials. However, the …

Laser shock peening (LSP) is a surface treatment process in which compressive residual
stress is induced on the material. At higher peak pressure (around 2.5 times of Hugoniot …

The experimental results prove the ability to realize technology of chemical heat treatment of
some materials by surface alloying using a wide-aperture low-energy high-current electron …

We demonstrated, for the first time, micro-ring resonator assisted photothermal spectroscopy
measurement of a gas phase sample. The experiment used a telecoms wavelength probe …

We propose a combined pump-probe optical method to investigate heat diffusion properties
of solids. We demonstrate single-shot simultaneous laser-induced thermoelastic surface …

The precipitation has an important influence on the mechanical properties of Al-Cu-Mg alloy.
However, the metallographic and mechanical properties testing methods are not only time …

A strong photothermal response is beneficial to the measurement of optical and thermal
properties of optical materials using the laser-induced thermal mirror method. A highly …