Experimental Verification of Nondiffracting X Waves

IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 1992, Pages 441-446

  Lu, Jian Yu ^a   Greenleaf, James F ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC TRANSDUCERS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; ULTRASONIC TRANSDUCERS;

ISOTROPIC/HOMOGENEOUS MEDIA; NONDIFFRACTING BEAMS; NONDIFFRACTING X WAVES; X WAVES;

ACOUSTIC WAVES;

EID: 0026868135     PISSN: 08853010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/58.143178     Document Type: Article

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