Experimental study of acoustic coupling in CMUT arrays by optical interferometry

Proceedings of the IEEE Ultrasonics Symposium

Volumn 2, Issue , 2003, Pages 1960-1964

  Caronti, Alessandro ^a   Fiasca, Danilo ^a   Caliano, Giosué ^a   Pappalardo, Massimo ^a   Cianci, Elena ^b  

^a ROMA TRE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b IFN CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC NOISE; ATTENUATION; DOPPLER EFFECT; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; INTERFEROMETRY; MICROELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICES; VIBRATIONS (MECHANICAL); WATER;

COUPLED ELEMENTS; COUPLING MEDIUM; DOPPLER VIBROMETER SYSTEMS;

ULTRASONIC TRANSDUCERS;

EID: 4143092897     PISSN: 10510117     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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