• DocumentCode
    378669
  • Title

    Propagation of acoustic waves along the surface of a sphere

  • Author

    Ishikawa, Satoru ; Cho, Hideo ; Nakaso, Noritaka ; Tsukahara, Yusuke ; Yamanaka, Kazushi

  • Author_Institution
    Graduate Sch. of Eng., Tohoku Univ., Sendai, Japan
  • Volume
    1
  • fYear
    2001
  • fDate
    2001
  • Firstpage
    765
  • Abstract
    By virtue of the diffraction-free propagation of surface acoustic waves (SAWs) on a sphere, we observed multiple round-trips of as many as 100 turns. After experimental verification of the beam shapes, we proposed ball acoustooptic devices utilizing the focussing SAWs
  • Keywords
    acoustic wave propagation; surface acoustic waves; SAWs; acoustic waves propagation; ball acoustooptic devices; beam shapes; diffraction-free propagation; multiple round-trips; sphere surface; surface acoustic waves; Acoustic beams; Acoustic propagation; Acoustic waves; Apertures; Collimators; Sawing machines; Shape; Steel; Surface acoustic wave devices; Surface acoustic waves;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Ultrasonics Symposium, 2001 IEEE
  • Conference_Location
    Atlanta, GA
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-7177-1
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ULTSYM.2001.991836
  • Filename
    991836