Optical piezoelectric transducer for nano-ultrasonics

IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control

Volumn 52, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1404-1414

  Lin, Kung Hsuan ^b   Chern, Gia Wei ^c   Yu, Cheng Ta ^b   Liu, Tzu Ming ^b   Pan, Chang Chi ^d   Chen, Guan Ting ^d   Chyi, Jen Inn ^a,d,e   Huang, Sheng Wen ^b   Li, Pai Chi ^a,b   Sun, Chi Kuang ^a,b,e,f,g  

^a IEEE   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^e IEEE EDS ^*  (United Kingdom)

^f AMERICAN PHYSICAL SOCIETY   (United States)

^g OPTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECHO SIGNAL; NANO-ACOUSTIC WAVE (NAW); NANO-ULTRASONICS; OPTICAL PULSES;

ACOUSTIC WAVES; ELASTICITY; IMAGING SYSTEMS; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; SIGNAL PROCESSING; THICKNESS MEASUREMENT; ULTRASONICS;

PIEZOELECTRIC TRANSDUCERS;

ARTICLE; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EVALUATION; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; OPTICS; SEMICONDUCTOR; TRANSDUCER; ULTRASOUND;

ELECTROCHEMISTRY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; NANOTECHNOLOGY; OPTICS; SEMICONDUCTORS; TRANSDUCERS; ULTRASONICS;

EID: 27644434417     PISSN: 08853010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TUFFC.2005.1509800     Document Type: Article

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