An ultrasonic transducer for second harmonic imaging using a LiNbO 3 plate with a local ferroelectric inversion layer

IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 651-655

  Nakamura, Kiyoshi ^a,b   Fukazawa, Kentaro ^b   Yamada, Ken ^a,b   Saito, Shigemi ^c  

^a IEEE   (Japan)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c TOKAI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOMAIN-INVERTED LAYER; FERROELECTRIC INVERSION LAYER; TRANSMITTER-RECEIVER; WAVE COMPONENT;

HEAT TREATMENT; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; LITHIUM NIOBATE; SECOND HARMONIC GENERATION; TRANSCEIVERS;

ULTRASONIC TRANSDUCERS;

EID: 33645669357     PISSN: 08853010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TUFFC.2006.1610575     Document Type: Article

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