Longitudinal leaky surface acoustic waves in periodic systems of metal electrodes on lithium niobate

Author

Gulyaev, Y.V. ; Grigorievski, V.I.

Author_Institution

Acad. of Sci., Fryazino, Russia

Volume

2

fYear

2003

fDate

5-8 Oct. 2003

Firstpage

2118

Abstract

The LLSAW in lithium niobate on stress-free surface reveals rather high attenuation of the order of one dB per wavelength. Calculated resonant characteristics of a long IDT and dispersion curves of LLSAW propagating in periodic electrode structures show that the attenuation is reduced to values of 0.1-0.5dB per wavelength. The model of propagation of LLSAW in an isotropic solid with periodically corrugated surface is considered. Dispersion curves calculated using this model qualitatively agree with those for YZ-cut of lithium niobate. It is shown that low attenuation of LLSAW in large amplitude periodic structures results from interaction of longitudinal SSBW and their localization near surface.

Keywords

acoustic wave propagation; lithium compounds; periodic structures; surface acoustic waves; 0.1 to 0.5 dB; 1 dB; LLSAW propagation model; dispersion curves; isotropic solid; lithium niobate; longitudinal leaky surface acoustic waves; metal electrodes; periodic electrode structures; periodic systems; periodically corrugated surface; resonant characteristics; Acoustic propagation; Acoustic waves; Attenuation; Corrugated surfaces; Electrodes; Lithium niobate; Periodic structures; Resonance; Solid modeling; Surface acoustic waves;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Ultrasonics, 2003 IEEE Symposium on

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7922-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ULTSYM.2003.1293338

Filename

1293338