Guido de Haan PhD defense

In his thesis de Haan demonstrates techniques to increase the strength of the photo-acoustic signal used in the alignment of stacked wafers. Both enhanced detection and enhanced excitation using a surface plasmon polariton resonance has been shown. De Haan also demonstrates the ability to generate extremely high-frequency acoustic waves using thin metal layers. Furthermore, high-power laser-induced damage on nanostructured gold has been investigated to better understand the damage mechanism, which is a limiting factor in the excitation of high amplitude acoustic waves.