Laser ultrasonic chirp sources for low damage and high detectability without loss of temporal resolution

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 102, Issue 5 I, 1997, Pages 2742-2746

  Murray, Todd W ^a   Baldwin, Kevin C ^a   Wagner, James W ^a  

^a Whiting School of Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTICS; ARTICLE; FREQUENCY MODULATION; NEODYMIUM LASER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL DETECTION; ULTRASOUND;

EID: 0030699139     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.420328     Document Type: Article

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