{"title":"\"Ghost\" modes in shear mode gallium phosphide and tellurium dioxide Bragg cells","authors":"D. R. Pape, D.A. Satorius","doi":"10.1109/ULTSYM.1996.584121","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ULTSYM.1996.584121","url":null,"abstract":"The fast shear ~1,-1,0 acoustic mode in Gallium Phosphide (GaP) and the slow shear ~110 acoustic mode in Tellurium Dioxide (TeO/sub 2/) are commonly used modes for acousto-optic Bragg cells because of their unique properties-the former because of its anisotropic acoustic \"self-collimating\" property which allows high channel packing density in multichannel devices and the latter because of its anomalously slow velocity which allows the fabrication of long time-aperture devices. When used in spectrum analyzer applications, these acousto-optic Bragg cells must exhibit high spurious-free dynamic range. In Bragg cells using these modes we have experimentally observed unwanted spurious optical diffraction secondary \"ghost\" modes that appear spatially separated from the main first-order optical diffraction. The spatial separation of these modes from the main first-order diffraction, as observed on a photodetector array in an acousto-optic spectrum analyzer arrangement, varies nonlinearly with input frequency and are typically only 15 to 25 dB lower in power than the first-order diffraction. These modes thus severely degrade the spurious-free dynamic range performance of an acousto-optic Bragg cell spectrum analyzer. In the case of GaP we attribute the ghost mode to optical diffraction from an unwanted orthogonally polarized shear acoustic mode excited in the cell. In the case of TeO/sub 2/ we attribute the ghost mode to optical diffraction caused by acousto-optic coupling to an unwanted elliptically polarized optical mode in the cell. Both theoretical and experimental data explaining these phenomena ate presented as well as recommendations for reducing and/or eliminating these deleterious ghost modes.","PeriodicalId":278111,"journal":{"name":"1996 IEEE Ultrasonics Symposium. Proceedings","volume":"98 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1996-11-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122913593","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Limited diffraction beams from cylindrical arrays","authors":"D. Allexandre, M. Palmer","doi":"10.1109/ULTSYM.1996.584387","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ULTSYM.1996.584387","url":null,"abstract":"The authors propose to launch limited diffraction beams called focus wave mode (FWM) from a cylindrical array. Using this new array geometry, the launching scheme is greatly simplified compare to conventional planar arrays. One single independent generator is used to generate all the driving source signals. It is shown that performance and reconstruction quality of the pulse launched from a cylindrical array are similar to those from circular arrays of same aperture size (same radius).","PeriodicalId":278111,"journal":{"name":"1996 IEEE Ultrasonics Symposium. Proceedings","volume":"7 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1996-11-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114577418","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"An ultrasonic phase sensitive method for surface velocity measurements in a liquid","authors":"D. Royer, O. Casula, O. Bou Matar, F. Patat","doi":"10.1109/ULTSYM.1996.584056","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ULTSYM.1996.584056","url":null,"abstract":"A highly sensitive ultrasonic method for measuring the surface velocity in a liquid is described. The method is based on sensitive detection of the phase of a high frequency continuous ultrasonic wave (probe beam) reflected from the moving surface. A simple analysis shows that the interaction, through the acoustic nonlinearity parameter B/A of the fluid, between the reflected carrier wave and the low frequency pressure wave transmitted by the moving surface in the liquid, produces a phase-shift of the carrier proportional to the surface velocity and to the time delay undergone by the probe beam. Results of experiments carried out in water with a 30-MHz focused transducer probe are in good agreement with the analysis. Surface velocity smaller than 0.1 mm/s, i.e. mechanical displacements smaller than 5 pm can be detected in a 5 MHz bandwidth. Lateral resolution of 0.4 mm has been achieved. Compared to optical techniques, this method has the advantages of compactness and low sensitivity to surface roughness.","PeriodicalId":278111,"journal":{"name":"1996 IEEE Ultrasonics Symposium. Proceedings","volume":"9 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1996-11-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"117108514","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
V. Anisimkin, I. Kotelyanskii, V. I. Fedosov, C. Caliendo, P. Verardi, E. Verona
{"title":"Real time characterization of elastic variations in palladium films produced by hydrogen adsorption","authors":"V. Anisimkin, I. Kotelyanskii, V. I. Fedosov, C. Caliendo, P. Verardi, E. Verona","doi":"10.1109/ULTSYM.1996.583977","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ULTSYM.1996.583977","url":null,"abstract":"The magnitude and time variations of the SAW propagation velocity /spl Delta/v/v, of the mass and elastic loading, and of the fractional changes in the density /spl Delta//spl rho///spl rho/ and in the elastic modulii /spl Delta/c/sub ij//c/sub ij/ of Pd films are experimentally evaluated at room temperature and atmospheric pressure for 0.1, 0.5, 1% H/sub 2/, 1% CO, 1% N/sub 2/O and 1% NO gas mixtures in pure nitrogen. Two different thermally evaporated Pd films have been tested: one as evaporated, the other one after annealing at 423/spl deg/K and 10/sup -5/ Pa for 15 hours. The annealing is shown to change all set of the parameters. For not annealed films, hydrogen gives rise to large variations in the elastic constants (/spl sime/5-40%) and to an increase in the phase velocity; while for annealed films, it produces small variations in the elastic constants (/spl sime/1-2%) and a decrease in the phase velocity. The difference is attributed to weakly and strongly coupled oxygen preadsorbed in the film. The results obtained can allow an improvement of Pd-based sensors.","PeriodicalId":278111,"journal":{"name":"1996 IEEE Ultrasonics Symposium. Proceedings","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1996-11-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129612637","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
K. Kaemmer, K. Franke, B. Holzapfel, D. Stephan, M. Weihnacht
{"title":"Preparation of textured LiNbO/sub 3/ thin films by off-axis laser deposition and their characterization","authors":"K. Kaemmer, K. Franke, B. Holzapfel, D. Stephan, M. Weihnacht","doi":"10.1109/ULTSYM.1996.583967","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ULTSYM.1996.583967","url":null,"abstract":"We report on the preparation of lithium niobate thin films on (01.2) and (0001) sapphire and LaAlO/sub 3/ (01.2) single crystalline substrates using off-axis laser deposition. X-ray diffraction in Bragg-Brentano geometry and in a microdiffractometer with an area detector were used to characterize the crystallography, the texture and the lateral homogeneity of the films. We examined the film morphology with atomic force microscopy (AFM) and scanning electron microscopy (SEM). For the preparation of thin films, the deposition temperature, the deposition pressure and the oxygen-Ar ratio of background pressure were varied. The films grow textured and oriented on the substrates used. For thin films on LaAlO/sub 3/ substrates we found only (01.2) reflections of film and substrate in the Bragg-Brentano diffractometer with its selective reflection recording. This suggests that the films are oriented grown and consist of a single LiNbO/sub 3/ phase. Investigations with the microdiffractometer showed that there is also an amount of a LiNb/sub 3/O/sub 8/ textured phase in the films. Thin films deposited on sapphire substrates consist of different mixtures of the LiNbO/sub 3/ phase and the LiNb/sub 3/O/sub 8/ phase depending on the oxygen-Ar ratio of ambient atmosphere. At an oxygen-Ar ratio of 1:4, the films consist mainly of oriented LiNbO/sub 3/. The dielectric polarization and domain structure of the films were investigated by electric scanning force microscopy.","PeriodicalId":278111,"journal":{"name":"1996 IEEE Ultrasonics Symposium. Proceedings","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1996-11-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128769103","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Optimum pre-load of surface acoustic wave motor","authors":"M. Kurosawa, M. Takahashi, T. Higuchi","doi":"10.1109/ULTSYM.1996.583994","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ULTSYM.1996.583994","url":null,"abstract":"We have examined the optimum pressing force, namely, pre-load for a slider to obtain a superior operation condition of a surface acoustic wave motor. We used steel balls for sliders. With a permanent magnet the pre-load was controlled. The steel balls that we used were 0.5, 1 and 2 mm diameter to change contact conditions such as contact pressure, contact area and deformation of a stator and the slider. The stator transducer was lithium niobate 128 degrees Y-rotated X-propagation substrate. The driving frequency of the Rayleigh wave was about 10 MHz. As a result, the deformation of the stator and the slider by the pre-load should be half of the particle vibration amplitude. This condition was independent of the ball diameter and particle vibration amplitude. An output thrust force of 50 N per square mm and a maximum speed of 0.8 m/s was achieved. The surface acoustic wave motor has a high potential for realizing high speed, quick response, long traveling distance, low profile micro linear actuators.","PeriodicalId":278111,"journal":{"name":"1996 IEEE Ultrasonics Symposium. Proceedings","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1996-11-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129011302","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The anomalous change of the sound property of electrorheological fluid","authors":"T. Xiao, X.R. Zhang","doi":"10.1109/ULTSYM.1996.584047","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ULTSYM.1996.584047","url":null,"abstract":"The properties of ultrasonic wave propagating in electrorheological (ER) fluid as a function of the intensity of electrical field and the concentration of particles are researched. Three kinds of dielectric particles (BaTiO/sub 3/, SrTiO/sub 3/ and KNbO/sub 3/)-are used as the suspensions particles. The applied electric field is in the range of 200 V to 3000 KV. Experimental results show that the time of flight depends on the kind of dielectric particles and is related to the intensity of electrical field and the concentration of particles. There is a critical intensity of electrical field and an optimization concentration of particles for the largest change of the time of flight to occur. When the intensity of applied electrical field increases to the critical value, the particle chain (or bridged fibrils) form. The stronger the electrical field the smaller the amplitude of ultrasound is, when the intensity of electrical field is larger than the critical value. The experimental system, measurement method, experimental results and discussion are presented.","PeriodicalId":278111,"journal":{"name":"1996 IEEE Ultrasonics Symposium. Proceedings","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1996-11-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129703096","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
C. Ruppel, L. Reindl, S. Berek, U. Knauer, P. Heide, M. Vossiek
{"title":"Design, fabrication, and application of precise delay lines at 2.45 GHz","authors":"C. Ruppel, L. Reindl, S. Berek, U. Knauer, P. Heide, M. Vossiek","doi":"10.1109/ULTSYM.1996.583970","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ULTSYM.1996.583970","url":null,"abstract":"For years linear optimization algorithms have been used successfully in bandpass filter design. This method has been adopted for the design of dispersive interdigital transducers (IDTs) for pulse compression filters with low time-bandwidth products, and for the design of delay lines with linear phase. Now this method has been extended to the design of dispersive IDTs operating at higher harmonics. As examples, delay lines at 2.45 GHz operating at the fundamental and third harmonic with relative bandwidths up to 30% are presented. The delay lines operating at the fundamental harmonics were fabricated on the rotated cut of LiNbO/sub 3/ and had normal fingers only. The relative height of the metallization was chosen for minimum reflections. Minimum linewidth of 0.3 /spl mu/m was necessary, The delay lines operating at the third harmonic had split fingers for canceling reflections. Therefore minimum linewidths of approximately 0.45 /spl mu/m had to be realized. Measured and calculated frequency responses of these delay lines are compared with each other. Taking advantage of the reported delay lines, a novel FMCW radar system incorporating a 2.45 GHz SAW reference path is established. The proposed SAW based system achieves a higher dynamic range than the conventional FMCW radar sensors.","PeriodicalId":278111,"journal":{"name":"1996 IEEE Ultrasonics Symposium. Proceedings","volume":"81 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1996-11-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130303619","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Characteristics of relaxor-based piezoelectric single crystals for ultrasonic transducers","authors":"Seung-Eek Park, T. Shrout","doi":"10.1109/ULTSYM.1996.584146","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ULTSYM.1996.584146","url":null,"abstract":"For ultrasonic transducers, piezoelectric ceramics offer a range of dielectric constants (K/spl sim/1000-5000), large piezoelectric coefficients (d/sub ij//spl sim/200-700 pC/N), and high electromechanical coupling (k/sub T//spl cong/50%, k/sub 33//spl cong/75%). For several decades, the material of choice has been polycrystalline ceramics based on the solid solution Pb(Zr/sub 1-x/,Ti/sub x/)O/sub 3/ (PZT), compositionally engineered near the morphotropic phase boundary (MPB). The search for alternative MPB systems has led researchers to revisit relaxor-based materials with the general formula Pb(B/sub 1/,B/sub 2/)O/sub 3/ (B/sub 1/:Zn/sup 2+/, Mg/sup 2+/, Sc/sup 3+/, Ni/sup 2+/..., B/sub 2/:Nb/sup 5+/, Ta/sup 5+/...). There are some claims of superior dielectric and piezoelectric performance compared to that of PZT materials. However, when the properties are examined relative to transition temperature (Tc), these differences are not significant. In the single crystal form, however, relaxor-PT materials, represented by Pb(Zn/sub 1/3/Nb/sub 2/3/)O/sub 3/-PbTiO/sub 3/ (PZN-PT), Pb(Mg/sub 1/3/Nb/sub 2/3/)O/sub 3/-PbTiO/sub 3/ (PMN-PT) have been found to exhibit longitudinal coupling coefficients (k/sub 33/)>90%, thickness coupling (k/sub T/)>63%, dielectric constants ranging from 1000 to 5000 with low dielectric loss <1%, and exceptional piezoelectric coefficients d/sub 33/>2000 pC/N, the latter promising for high energy density actuators. For single crystal piezoelectrics to become the next generation material of ultrasonic transducers, further investigation in crystal growth, device fabrication and testing are required.","PeriodicalId":278111,"journal":{"name":"1996 IEEE Ultrasonics Symposium. Proceedings","volume":"73 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1996-11-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126974480","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Determining material stiffness using piezoelectric bimorphs","authors":"M. Coughlin, D. Stamenović, J. G. Smits","doi":"10.1109/ULTSYM.1996.584396","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ULTSYM.1996.584396","url":null,"abstract":"The dynamic behavior of homogeneous, elastic piezoelectric bimorphs clamped at one end were determined in the case where the tip of the other end of the bimorph was constrained by a Hookean spring of stiffness k. It was found that the frequency at which the bimorph resonated increased by an amount related to k when compared to the case where the end was free. Therefore, a cantilever bimorph provides a technique to assess stiffness of a material by a simple measurement of the resonant frequency. Since the bimorph behavior scales with its geometry, the device can be designed specifically for mechanical measurement of microscopic systems such as living cells and molecules.","PeriodicalId":278111,"journal":{"name":"1996 IEEE Ultrasonics Symposium. Proceedings","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1996-11-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129192568","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}