Experimental and numerical results for intensity modulated laser ultrasonics

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 104, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 2207-2212

  Sanderson, Terry ^a   Ume, Charles ^a   Jarzynski, Jacek ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOURIER TRANSFORMS; LAPLACE TRANSFORMS; LASER PULSES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MODULATION; PIEZOELECTRIC TRANSDUCERS; TRANSFER FUNCTIONS; ULTRASONIC PROPAGATION;

BRAGG CELL; INTENSITY MODULATED LASER ULTRASONICS;

ULTRASONICS;

ALUMINUM;

ACOUSTICS; ARTICLE; CURVE FITTING; FREQUENCY MODULATION; LASER; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE GENERATOR; SIGNAL PROCESSING; TEMPERATURE; ULTRASOUND; WAVEFORM;

EID: 0032189833     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.423769     Document Type: Article

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