Direct Optical Measurements of Capillary Wave Damping at Liquid-Vapor Interfaces

Presentation Date: 

Wednesday, January 1, 1992

Location: 

International Quantum Electronics Conference '92 (Vienna, Austria)
We studied the effect of surfactant monolayers on capillary wave damping; the damping coefficient goes through a maximum at the transition between the liquid-expanded/gas coexistent region and the liquid-expanded phase.