Simple, all-optical, noncontact, depth-selective, narrowband surface acoustic wave measurement system for evaluating the Rayleigh velocity of small samples or areas

Applied Optics

Volumn 48, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1444-1451

  Wang, Hsiao Chuan ^a   Fleming, Simon ^a   Lee, Yung Chun ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC SURFACE WAVE DEVICES; ACOUSTIC WAVES; FREQUENCY BANDS; NONDESTRUCTIVE EXAMINATION; OPTICAL ENGINEERING; OPTICAL FIBERS; ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS; VELOCITY;

MASK IMAGE PROJECTIONS; NON DESTRUCTIVE EVALUATION; OPTICAL FIBER INTERFEROMETERS; SURFACE ACOUSTIC WAVE MEASUREMENTS; SURFACE ACOUSTIC WAVES; SURFACE MATERIALS; SYSTEM'S PERFORMANCE; TEMPORAL CHARACTERISTICS;

ULTRASONIC TESTING;

EID: 63149125560     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.48.001444     Document Type: Article

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