Limited diffraction maps for pulsed wave annular arrays

Abstract

A procedure is provided for decomposing the linear field of flat pulsed wave annular arrays into an equivalent set of known limited diffraction Bessel beams. Each Bessel beam propagates with known characteristics, enabling good insight into the propagation of annular fields to be obtained. Numerical examples are given in the context of a 10-ring annular array operating at a central frequency of 2.5 MHz in water.