Surface Microsonics in Isotropic Media.

Abstract

This program addresses itself to the investigation of isotropic substrates for use in ultrasonic surface wave structures. In addition to amorphous and randomly oriented polycrystalline substrates, ordered polycrystalline materials and certain single crystals are being studied. These additional materials merit study because: (1) There is the possibility of finding ordered polycrystalline materials and certain single crystals which have high piezoelectric coupling for surface waves and yet maintain isotropic properties; (2) Lower loss can be expected in these materials as the operating frequency is increased to near 1 GHz. Versatility can be gained by having materials with low transduction loss and low propagation loss at high frequencies instead of using separate transducer materials on nonpiezoelectric substrates. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 1970
Accession Number
AD0871605

Entities

People

  • Charles R. Snider
  • Dennis W. Readey
  • John H. Matsinger
  • Manfred B. Schulz
  • Melvin G. Holland

Organizations

  • RTX

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Couplings
  • Crystals
  • Frequency
  • Frequency Shift
  • Materials
  • Polycrystals
  • Single Crystals
  • Substrates
  • Surface Waves
  • Transducers
  • Waves

Readers

  • Materials Science and Engineering.
  • Microwave Engineering.