• DocumentCode
    1528034
  • Title

    Efficient and flexible laser ultrasound generation using spatial light modulators

  • Author

    Sharples, S.D. ; Clark, M. ; Somekh, M.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. & Electron. Eng., Nottingham Univ., UK
  • Volume
    37
  • Issue
    18
  • fYear
    2001
  • fDate
    8/30/2001 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    1145
  • Lastpage
    1146
  • Abstract
    Efficient production of surface acoustic waves using optical distributions controlled by spatial light modulators is demonstrated. The measurements presented used only 40 mW average optical power on the sample surface. It is shown that a spatial light modulator produces light distributions which control the surface acoustic wave generation on the sample surface; this can be used to produce similar light distributions to those formed by computer generated holography
  • Keywords
    computer-generated holography; photoacoustic effect; spatial light modulators; surface acoustic waves; ultrasonics; 40 mW; 82 MHz; Rayleigh wave distribution; average optical power; computer generated holography; flexible laser ultrasound generation; laser ultrasonics; light distributions; optical distribution control; spatial light modulators; surface acoustic wave generation; surface acoustic waves;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electronics Letters
  • Publisher
    iet
  • ISSN
    0013-5194
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1049/el:20010773
  • Filename
    948961