Focusing performance of epoxy- and air-backed polyvinylidene fluoride Fresnel zone plates

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 96, Issue 3, 1994, Pages 1627-1633

  Sleva, Michael Z ^a   Hunt, William D ^a   Briggs, Ronald D ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPOXIDE; POLYMER; POLYVINYLIDENE FLUORIDE; SILICON;

ACOUSTIC IMPEDANCE; ACOUSTICS; ARTICLE; DEVICE; ECHOGRAPHY; INTEGRATED CIRCUIT; MODEL; PIEZOELECTRICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER;

EID: 0027982017     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: NA     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.410242     Document Type: Article

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