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REFEREED JOURNAL ARTICLES

• R. E. Kumon and D. H. Hurley, "Effects of residual stress on the thin-film elastic moduli calculated from surface acoustics wave spectroscopy experiments," Thin Solid Films 484, 251-256 (2005). [DOI 10.1016/j.tsf.2005.02.033]
  Copyright 2005 Elsevier B.V.
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• R. Tucoulou, V. Mocella, O. Mathon, C. Ferrero, D. V. Roshchupkin, and R. E. Kumon, "Investigation of surface acoustics wave fields in silicon crystals by x-ray diffraction: A dynamical theory approach," Journal of Applied Physics 97, 113505 (2005). [DOI 10.1063/1.1905778]
  Copyright 2005 American Institute of Physics
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• A. M. Lomonosov, P. Hess, R. E. Kumon, and M. F. Hamilton, "Nonlinear coupling of surface and quasitransverse bulk modes in cubic crystals," Physical Review B (Condensed Matter and Materials Physics-15(I)) 69, 035314 (2004) [DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.69.035314].
  Copyright 2004 American Physical Society
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• R. E. Kumon and M. F. Hamilton, "Nonlinear coupling of surface and quasitransverse bulk modes in cubic crystals," Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 113, 3060-3064 (2003) [DOI: 10.1121/1.1566974].
  Copyright 2003 Acoustical Society of America
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• R. E. Kumon and M. F. Hamilton, "Effects of harmonic phase on nonlinear surface acoustic waves in the (111) plane of cubic crystals," Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 113, 1293-1303 (2003) [DOI: 10.1121/1.1529170].
  Copyright 2003 Acoustical Society of America
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• R. E. Kumon and M. F. Hamilton, "Directional dependence of nonlinear surface acoustic waves in the (001) plane of cubic crystals," Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 111, 2060-2069 (2002) [DOI: 10.1121/1.1455023].
  Copyright 2002 Acoustical Society of America
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PRESENTATIONS, POSTERS, AND CONFERENCE PAPERS

• R. E. Kumon, P. Parikh, D. Sabens, M. Aehle, D. Kourennyi, and C. X. Deng, "Measuring and modeling sonoporation dynamics in mammalian cells via calcium imaging," in Proceedings of the 6th International Symposium on Therapeutic Ultrasound, edited by C. Coussios (American Institute of Physics, New York, 2007) [in press].
  
  
• I. Bruno, R. E. Kumon, B. Heartwell, E. Maeva, and R. Gr. Maev. "Ex vivo breast tissue imaging and characterization using acoustic microscopy," in Acoustical Imaging, Vol. 28, edited by M. André (Springer, New York, 2006)  [in press].
  
  
• W. Arthur, R. E. Kumon, F. Severin, and R. Gr. Maev, "Acoustoelectric harmonic generation in a photoconductive piezoelectric semiconductor," in Innovations in Nonlinear Acoustics: ISNA 17; 17th International Symposium on Nonlinear Acoustics, AIP Conference Proceedings 838, edited by A. A. Atchley, V. W. Sparrow, and R. M. Keolian (American Institute of Physics, New York, 2006), pp. 135-138.
  Copyright 2006 American Institute of Physics.
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• Breast tissue characterization with high-frequency scanning acoustic microscopy
  by R. E. Kumon, I. Bruno, B. Heartwell, and E. Maeva
  (147th Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, New York, New York, 24-28 May 2004)
   
• Summary of NSF Surface Analysis Workshop
  by R. E. Kumon
  (Centre for Imaging Research and Advanced Materials Characterization, Windsor, Ontario, Canada, 16 July 2003)
   
  • Download PPT version of talk slides [6.8 MB].
    
    
• Effects of residual stress on surface acoustic wave spectroscopy measurements of thin-film elastic constants
  by R. E. Kumon, D. C. Hurley, and V. K. Tewary
  (American Physical Society March Meeting, Austin, Texas, U.S.A., 03-07 March 2003)
   
• Nonlinear surface acoustic waves in crystalline and thin-film systems
  by R. E. Kumon
  (Seminar, Center for Imaging Research and Advanced Materials Characterization, Department of Physics, University of Windsor, Windsor, Ontario, Canada, 06 December 2002, abstract)
  (Seminar, Acoustics Group, Department of Mechanical Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, U.S.A., 03 March 2003, abstract)
  
  
• Nonlinear SAW propagation in thin-film systems with residual stress
  by R. E. Kumon
  (IEEE Ultrasonics Symposium, Munich, Germany, 8-11 October 2002)
   
  • Download the four page manuscript in the conference proceedings [Proc. 2002 IEEE Ultrasonics Symp., pp. 404-407]:
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  • Download the PDF poster [810 kB] with digital signature. (public domain)
    
  • Download the PDF poster in the form of letter-sized slides [790 kB]. (public domain)
    
  • Download the PDF poster bibliography [50 kB]. (public domain)
    
    
• Effects of residual stress on linear and nonlinear surface acoustic waves in thin film systems
  by R. E. Kumon
  (Gordon Conference on Thin Film Mechanical Behavior, Waterville, Maine, 14-19 July 2002)
   
• Nonlinear surface acoustic waves in cubic crystals
  by R. E. Kumon and M. F. Hamilton
  (Seminar, Optical Engineering Group, School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, England, 16 October 2002, abstract)
  (Seminar, Department of Physics, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, U.S.A., 20 May 2002, abstract)
  (Seminar, Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory, Idaho Falls, Idaho, U.S.A., 31 January 2002, abstract)
  (Seminar, Institute of Physical Chemistry, University of Heidelberg Heidelberg, Germany, 29 June 2001, abstract)
  (Seminar, Fraunhofer Institute for Nondestructive Testing, Saarbrücken, Germany, 27 June 2001, abstract)
  (Presentation, 6th International Workshop on Nonlinear Elasticity in Materials, Leuven, Belgium, 18-22 June 2001, abstract)
  (Seminar, Materials Reliability Division, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Boulder, Colorado, U.S.A., 31 March 2000, abstract)
  (Seminar, Acoustics Group, Department of Mechanical Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, U.S.A., 23 November 1999, abstract)
  
  
  • Various versions of this talk have been presented in several locations. Download PDF versions of the talk slides [968 kB] and notes [179 kB] for the core of these presentations.
    
    
• Periodicity of linear and nonlinear surface acoustic wave parameters in the (111) plane of cubic crystals
  by A. Lomonosov, P. Hess, R. E. Kumon, and M. F. Hamilton
  (142nd Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, 3-7 December 2001)
   
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• Nonlinear surface acoustic wave in cubic crystals
  by R. E. Kumon and M. F. Hamilton
  (Ultrasonics International 2001, Delft, The Netherlands, 2-5 July 2001)
   
  • Download the PDF version of this poster in the form of letter-sized slides [428 kB].
    
    
• A simple method for comparing waveform distortion of nonlinear surface waves in different cubic crystals
  by R. E. Kumon and M. F. Hamilton
  (139th Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, Atlanta, Georgia, 30-03 Jun 2000)
   
  • Download PDF versions of talk slides [700 kB] and notes [438 kB].
    
    
• Dependence of surface acoustic wave nonlinearity on propagation direction in crystalline silicon
  by R. E. Kumon, M. F. Hamilton, P. Hess, A. M. Lomonosov, and V. G. Mikhalevich
  (15th International Symposium on Nonlinear Acoustics, Göttingen, Germany, 01-04 Sep 1999)
  
  
  • Download the four page manuscript in the conference proceedings [Nonlinear Acoustics at the Turn of the Millenium: Proc. 15th Intl. Symp. Nonlin. Acoust., edited by W. Lauterborn and T. Kurz (AIP, Melville, NY, 2000), pp. 265-268]:
    

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• Dependence of surface wave nonlinearity on propagation direction in crystalline silicon
  by R. E. Kumon, M. F. Hamilton, Yu. A. Il'inskii, and E. A. Zabolotskaya
  (136th Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, Norfolk, Virginia, USA, 12-16 Oct 1998)
   
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• Pulsed nonlinear surface acoustic waves in crystals
  by R. E. Kumon, M. F. Hamilton, Yu. A. Il'inskii, E. A. Zabolotskaya, P. Hess, A. M. Lomonosov, and V. G. Mikhalevich
  (16th International Congress on Acoustics and 135th Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, Seattle, Washington, USA, 20-26 Jun 1998)
   
  • View the two page manuscript in the conference proceedings [Proc. 16th Intl. Cong. Acoust. and 135th Meet. Acoust. Soc. Am., edited by P. K. Kuhl and L. A. Crum (Acoustical Society of America, Woodbury, New York, 1998), Vol. 3, pp. 1557-1558)]:

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• Modeling of harmonic generation and shock formation in nonlinear surface acoustic waves in several real crystals
  by R. E. Kumon, M. F. Hamilton, Yu. A. Il'inskii, and E. A. Zabolotskaya
  (134th Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, San Diego, California, USA, 01-05 Dec 1997)
   
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• A nonlinear analysis of a simple thermoacoustic system
  by R. E. Kumon
  (128th Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, Austin, Texas, USA, 28 Nov-02 Dec 1994)
   

DISSERTATION

• Nonlinear surface acoustic waves in cubic crystals
  by R. E. Kumon, The University of Texas at Austin (December 1999).
  
  
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