Extending the frequency range of the National Physical Laboratory primary standard laser interferometer for hydrophone calibrations to 60 MHz

IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 737-744

  Esward, Trevor J ^a   Robinson, Stephen P ^a  

^a NATIONAL PHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC TRANSDUCERS; ACOUSTIC WAVES; CALIBRATION; INTERFEROMETERS; INTERFEROMETRY; PRESSURE; ULTRASONIC DEVICES; ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

ACOUSTIC PRESSURE; HYDROPHONE CALIBRATION; PELLICLE;

HYDROPHONES;

EID: 0032650217     PISSN: 08853010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/58.764860     Document Type: Article

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