• DocumentCode
    1281333
  • Title

    Lamb wave contrast in non-contacting surface acoustic wave microscopy

  • Author

    Somekh, M.G. ; Sharples, S.D. ; Clark, M. ; See, C.W.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. & Electron. Eng., Nottingham Univ., UK
  • Volume
    35
  • Issue
    21
  • fYear
    1999
  • fDate
    10/14/1999 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    1886
  • Lastpage
    1887
  • Abstract
    Subsurface imaging in a non-contacting surface acoustic wave microscope is demonstrated, using mode conversion from Rayleigh to Lamb modes. The fact that, unlike in a conventional acoustic microscope, the technique does not require fluid couplants allows new contrast mechanisms to be used for the quantification of defects
  • Keywords
    Rayleigh waves; acoustic microscopy; flaw detection; surface acoustic waves; ultrasonic imaging; ultrasonic materials testing; Lamb wave contrast; Rayleigh modes; contrast mechanisms; defect quantification; mode conversion; noncontacting SAW microscopy; subsurface imaging; surface acoustic wave microscopy;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electronics Letters
  • Publisher
    iet
  • ISSN
    0013-5194
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1049/el:19991257
  • Filename
    810043