Phase contrast method for measuring ultrasonic fields

IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 1356-1361

  Reichel, Erwin K ^a   Zagar, Bernhard G ^a  

^a JOHANNES KEPLER UNIVERSITY LINZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Acoustooptic measurement; Fourier optics; Phase contrast method; Schlieren technique; Ultrasonic transducers

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTOOPTICAL EFFECTS; FOURIER OPTICS; LASER PULSES; OPTICAL SYSTEMS; SCHLIEREN SYSTEMS; ULTRASONIC TRANSDUCERS; ULTRASONIC WAVES;

ACOUSTOOPTIC MEASUREMENT; PHASE CONTRAST METHOD; ULTRASONIC FIELD;

ACOUSTIC WAVES;

EID: 33746331383     PISSN: 00189456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TIM.2006.876397     Document Type: Article

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