The laser-generated ultrasonic phased array: Analysis and experiments

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 94, Issue 4, 1993, Pages 1934-1943

  Noroy, Marie Helene ^a   Royer, Daniel ^a   Fink, Mathias ^a  

^a INSTITUT LANGEVIN   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTICS; ARTICLE; NEODYMIUM LASER; PIEZOELECTRICITY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSDUCER; ULTRASOUND;

EID: 0027438212     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: NA     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.407516     Document Type: Article

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