A novel method for determining calibration and behavior of PVDF ultrasonic hydrophone probes in the frequency range up to 100 MHz

IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 1354-1362

  Sleeker, Hendrik J ^a  

^a ATL Ultrasound   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; CALIBRATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FREQUENCY RESPONSE; INTERFEROMETRY; NONLINEAR EQUATIONS; PROBES; SPECTROMETRY; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS; ULTRASONIC DEVICES; ULTRASONIC TRANSMISSION; VINYL RESINS;

NONLINEAR KHOKHLOV-ZABOLOTSKAYA-KUZNETSOV EQUATION; OPTICAL INTERFEROMETRY; POLYVINYLIDENE FLUORIDE ULTRASONIC HYDROPHONE PROBES; TIME DELAY SPECTROMETRY; TIME DOMAIN ALGORITHM;

HYDROPHONES;

EID: 0034314458     PISSN: 08853010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/58.883524     Document Type: Article

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