Title :
Breakdown of nonlinear SAW into a train of pulses
Author :
Kavalerov, Vadim ; Fujii, Toshitaka
Author_Institution :
Toyohashi Univ. of Technol., Japan
Abstract :
Experimental results on nonlinear surface acoustic wave (SAW) waveform measurements are reported. A sampling optical probe with the spatial resolution 1.3 μm and the bandwidth 1.5 GHz has been used to observe SAW in single crystal LiNbO3 plates at the input frequency 200 MHz and input power up to 25 W. Breakdown of sine wave into several pulselike signals per period has been observed. Head-to-head collision of two SAW wave packets with duration 500 ns has also been studied. The waveforms are shown to be preserved in collision
Keywords :
lithium compounds; nonlinear acoustics; surface acoustic waves; 200 MHz; 25 W; LiNbO3; nonlinear surface acoustic wave; pulse train; sampling optical probe; single crystal LiNbO3 plates; wave packets; Acoustic measurements; Acoustic pulses; Acoustic waves; Electric breakdown; Nonlinear optics; Optical pulses; Optical surface waves; Probes; Sampling methods; Surface acoustic waves;
Conference_Titel :
Ultrasonics Symposium, 1997. Proceedings., 1997 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Toronto, Ont.
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-4153-8
DOI :
10.1109/ULTSYM.1997.663090
