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

Presentation Date: 

Monday, June 1, 1992

Location: 

18th International Quantum Electronics Conference (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.