1975 Ultrasonics Symposium Proceedings

Front Matter

Table of Contents

Schedule

Engineering Aspects of Ultrasonic Piezoelectric Transducer Design
- Gerald J. Posakony

A Real-Time Ultrasonic B-Scan/Doppler Artery-Imaging System
- S. D. Ramsey, Jr., J. C. Taenzer, J. F. Holzemer, J. R. Suarez. and P. S. Green

An Ultrasonic Catheter Tip Instrument for Measuring Volume Blood Flow
- Roy W. Martin, Gerald H. Pollack, and James Phillips

Development of a Mechanically Scanned Doppler Blood Flow Catheter
- F. Daric Gichard and David C. Auth

Velocity Profiles in the Presence of Obstructions Using a Random Signal Ultrasonic Bloodflow Meter
- M. Siegel, M. Olinger, B. Ho

New Pulsed Range-Gated Doppler Blood Velocity Meter
- Michael M. Graham, Stephen P. Creekmore, George E. Jahn and Malcolm B. Mcllroy

Power Spectra Measurements of Ultrasonic Backscatter from Ocular Tissues
- F. L. Lizzi and M. A. Laviola

Comparison of Near- and Far-Field Measurements of Diffuse Ultrasonic Tissue Volume Backscatter
- M. Freese

Mathematical Modelling of Tissues by Ultrasonic Signals
- Dr. Azmi Kaya, Dr. Adnan Sokollu, Ed Holasek

Acoustic Emission Techniques in the Development of a Diagncgtic Tool for Osteoporosis
- S. Hanagud and R.G. Clinton

Reconstruction of Three-Dimensional Velocity Fields and Other Parameters by Acoustic Ray Tracing
- S. A. Johnson, J. F. Greenleaf, W. A. Samayoa, F. A. Duck and J. Sjostrand

An Opto-Acoustic Transducer for High-Sensitivity Ultrasonic Imaging
- Keith Wang, Hao Shen, Glen Wade

Acoustic Microscopy of Live Mouse Embryo Hearts
- R. C. Eggleton, L. W. Kessler, F. S. Vinson, and G. B. Boder

Adaptive Gain Control for Dynamic Ultrasound Imaging
- Andre Declercq and Max G. Maginness

Guided Modes in Coal Seams and Their Application to Underground Seismic Surveying
- P.E. Lagasse, I.M. Mason

High Resolution Longwave Frequency Swept Holographic Imaging
- N. H. Farhat

Acoustical Imaging with a Linear Phased Array
- Fredrick L. Thurstone and Olaf T. Von Ramm

Synthetic Aperture Holographic Imaging - A Medical Application
- Wayne R. Fenner and Gordon E. Stewart

A Digitally Controlled CCD Dynamically Focussed Phased Array
- J.T. Walker and J.D. Meindl

Non-Destructive Testing with an Electronically Focused Acoustic Imaging System
- W.P. Leung, R.A. Mills, H.J. Shawd K. Winslow, and L. Zitelli

A Method of Three-Dimensional Electronic Focusing and Beam Steering Using Electronic Delay Lines
- William L. Beaver

Grating Acoustic Scanners
- A. Ronnekleiv, J. Souquet, and H. J. Shaw

New Acoustic Imaging Systems for Non-Destructive Testing
- G. S. Kino, C. De Silets, J. Fraser, and T. Waugh

Experimental Results on the Scattering of Ultrasound by Randomly or Periodically Rough Surfaces in the Frequency Range 2 to 25 MHz
- G. Quentin, M. De Billy, F. Cohen Tenoudji, J. Doucet, and A. Jungman

Theory of the Scattering of Ultrasound by Flaws
- J. E. Gubernatis, E. Domany, M. Huberman, and J. A. Krumhansl

Mode Conversion and Angular Dependence for Scattering from Voids in Solids
- B. R. Tittmann

Acoustic Beamshaping and Diffraction from Tapered Amplitude Distributions
- Thomas L. Szabo

Wideband Guided-Wave Acoustooptic Bragg-Devices and Applications
- C. S. Tsai

An Optical Detector Based on Surface-Acoustic-Wave Generation
- R. E. Lee and D. W. Jackson

Second Order Birefringent Acousto-Optic Deflectors with Doubled Resolution and High Efficiency
- I. C. Chang and D. L. Hecht

Experimental Mapping of Ultrasonic Fields by Light Diffraction
- Bill D. Cook, Joel C. Berlinghieri

Two-Dimensional Fourier Imaging of Light Using Acoustic Pseudo Beam Steering
- Stephen T. Kowel, Philipp G. Kornreich, Amaresh Mahapatra

Characteristics of Zinc Oxide-Silicon Surface Wave Convolvers for Optical Imaging and Memory
- J. K. Elliott , R. L. Gunshor, R. F. Pierret, K. L. Davis

Study of Wave Propagation in SAW Devices by Frequency-Translated Holography
- T. Moriizumi, S. Shiokawa, and T. Yasuda

Transducer Arrays Suitable for Acoustic Imaging
- C.S. De Silets, J. Fraser, and G.S. Kino

Waveguides for Transverse Resolution in Surface Acoustic Wave Optical Sensors
- P. L. Adams, H. J. Shaw, D. K. Winslow, and L. T. Zitelli

Comparison of Some Acoustically Scanned Optical Imaging Sensors
- Ph. Defranould, C. Maerfeld, M. Moulin and B. Munier

Ultrasonic Studies of Mechanical Strength
- A. V. Granato

Determination of Acoustic Velocities as a Function of Pressure in NaC to 270 KBAR by Ultrasonic Interformetry
-Julius Frankel, and Frederick J. Rich

Higher Harmonics of Longitudinal Elastic Waves
- R. Bruce Thompson and O. Buck, H. F. Tiersten

New Control Method of the Propagation Characteristics of Acoustoelectric Domains in CdS
- Yoshiaki Tokunaga, Tomonobu Hata and Toshio Hada.

Mechanism of Optical Modulation Caused by Acoustic Domains in CdS
- Tomonobu Hata, Tsutomu Hara, Yutaka Kamono, Toshio Hada,

Distributed Supefubterodyne Amplification of Surface Acoustic Waves in Monolithic Structure LiNbO3-CdSe
- A.M. Kmita, I.M. Kotelyansky, A.V. Medved, V.N.Fedorets, Yu.V. Gulyaev

SAW Correlator Using Layered Structure Bi12GeO20-Si-LiNbO3
- W.C. Wang

Correlation of Long Sequences Using a SAW Convolver and Recirculation Loop
- D P Morgan and J M Hannah

The Tapped Delay Line Active Correlator: A Neglected SAW Device
- B J Darby & J D Maines

A New Mode of Operation for the Surface Wave Convolver
- Leland Solie

Magnetoelastic Rayleigh Wave Delay Line and Convolver Utilizing ZnO Transducers
- J.P. Parekh, S. Shen, G. Thomas,

Programmable Matched Filtering with Acoustoelectric Convolvers in Spread-Spectrum Systems
- J. H. Cafarella, J. A. Alusow, W. M. Brown, E. Stern

A Surface Wave Memory Device Using P-N Diodes
- C. Maerfeld and Ph. Defranould

Holographic Storage of Acoustic Surface Waves with Schottky Diode Arrays
- K. Ingebrigtsen and Ernest Stern

Stable CW Operation of Gap-Coupled Silicon-on-Sapphire to LiNbO3 Acoustoelectric Amplifiers
- Richard W. Ralston

An Integrated ZnO/Si-MOSFET Programmable Matched Filter
- Fred Hickernell, Mike Adamo, Arnie London, Henry Bush

Properties of Split-Connected and Split-Isolated Multistrip Couplers
- Adrian J. DeVries and R. L. Miller

Influence of the Silicon Electrical Conductivity and a DC-Bias Voltage on the Excitation of Acoustic Surface Waves in the Three-Layer Substrate CdS-SiO2-Si
- Adrian Venema

Evaluation of AlN Films on Sapphire for Surface Acoustic Wave Applications
- J. K. Liu, R. B. Stokes and K. M. Lakin

Techniques for Making Gap-Coupled Acoustoelectric Devices
- Henry I. Smith

Reflective Arrays for SAW Resonators
- Peter S. Cross

A SAW Frequency Synthesizer
- I. Browning, J. Crabb and M. F. Lewis

Frequency Hopping Using SAW Oscillators
- R. A. Bale, J. D. Maines and K. J. Palmer

The Mode-Locked SAW Oscillatorw
- M. Gilden, T. M. Reeder and A. J. DeMaria

Surface Acoustic Wave Oscillator Using Reflective Gratings
- O. W. Otto and R. D. Weglein

Stability of SAW Controlled Oscillators
- T.E. Parker, M.B. Schultz

SAW Oscillator Pressure Sensors
- T. M. Reeder, D. E. Cullen and M. Gilden

Surface Wave Resonators
- K. M. Lakin and T. R. Joseph

Experimental Exploration of the Limits of Achievable Q of Grooved Surface-Wave Resonators
- R.C.M. Li, J. A. Alusow, R. C. Williamson

A Study of the Properties and Potential Application of Acoustic-Surface-Wave Resonators
- G. L. Matthaei, F. Barman, E. B. Savage, and B. P. O'Shaughnessy

Surface Wave Resonators Constructed of Aluminum on ST Quartz for Use in High Stability Feed Back Oscillators
- F. G. Marshall

Guided Acoustic Wave Filters
- H. F. Tiersten, R. C. Smythe

Surface-Wave Two-Port Resonator Equivalent Circuit
- W. R. Shreve

Low Noise X-Band Exciter Performance with UHF SAW Oscillator Reference
- J. Burnsweig and R. E. Shuman

Acoustic Surface Wave Resonator Using Ion-Implanted Gratings
- P. Hartemann

Surface Acoustic Wave Resonators on ST-Quartz
- E. J. Staples and R. C. Smythe

A SAW Contiguous Filter Bank Derived from a Constant-K Ladder
- Denis C. Webb and C. Banks

High Q SAW Filters for VHF Band
- V.M. Ristic and M. Yamauchi

Low Insertion Loss Acoustic Surface Wave Filter Using Group-Type Unidirectional Interdigital Transducer
- Kazuhiko Yamanouchi, Felix M. Nyffeler, and Kimio Shibayama

Surface Acoustic Wave Multiplexing Techniques
- H. van de Vaart and L. P. Solie

A SAW Filter with Improved Frequency and Time Domain Characteristics for the Frequency Measurement of Narrow RF Pulses
- A. J. Slobodnik. J R., K.R. Laker, and 1Lt. T. E. Fenstermacher

Design Considerations for Nonsymmetrical SAW Filters
- G. Chao, B. M. Davies, W. S. Drummond

Low Shape Factor Filter Design Considerations
- Paul C. Meyer

Real Time Fourier Transform Experiments Using a 32 Tap Diode-Convolver Module
- T. M. Reeder and T. W. Grudkowski

Cascading Surface Wave Correlators
- Carl E. Nothnick

An Application of SAW Delay Line as a Ghost-Image Canceling System in a TV Receiver
- N. Furuya, R. Inaba and Y. Kino, M. Miyata, N. Yamaguchi and K. Yamamoto

Chirp Signal Processing Using Acoustic Surface Wave Filters
- G. R. Nudd and O. W. Otto

A Novel SAW Variable Frequency Filter
- J. D. Maines, G. L. Moule, C. O. Newton, E. G. S. Paige

Real Time Network Analyser Employing Surface Acoustic Wave Chirp Filters
- M. A. Jack, P. M. Grant and J. H. Collins

Surface Wave Transform Adaptable Processor System
- R. M. Hays, W. R. Shreve, D. T. Bell, J R., L. T. Claiborne, C. S. Hartmann

Programmable Signal Processing by Analog Chirp-Transformation Using SAW Devices
- C. Atzeni, G. Manes, and L. Masotti

Prime Transform SAW Device
- J. M. Alsup

Narrow Band Filters Using Surface Acoustic Wave Resonators
- F. Ishihara, Y. Koyamada and S. Yoshikawa

A Reflective Array Compressor Using a Non-Linear Chirp
- Frank Sandy

BGO Reflective-Array Compressor (RAC) with 125 micro seconds of Dispersion
- V. S. Dolat and R. C. Williamson

Filter Networks Using SAW Resonators
- D. T. Bell, J. R. and L. H. Ragan

Reflective-Array Matched Filter for a 16-Pulse Radar Burst
- R. C. Williamson, J. Melngailis, and V. S. Dolat

A Minimal Diffraction Lithium Tantalate Substrate for Contiguous SAW Butterworth Filters
- A. J. Slobodnik, Jr., 1Lt T. E. Fenstermacher, W. J. Kearns, G. A. Roberts, and J. H. Silva

Diffraction Effects in Long Narrow ID Transducers
- R. S. Wagers

Capacitive Tap Weighted SAW Transducers
- Donald C. Malocha and Bill J. Hunsinger

Low Resolution Weighted Tap Transducers with Reflection and Diffraction Suppression
- Bill J. Hunsinger, Neil Gloudemans and Jim Rowe

Radio Frequency in Surface Acoustic Wave Devices
- S. G. Joshi, N.M. Dube

The Travelling Wave Transducer
- D. J. Gunton, M. F. Lewis and E. G. S. Paige

Measurement of Impedance Mismatch and Stored Energy for Right-Angle Reflection of Rayleigh Waves from Grooves on Y Cut LiNbO3
- J. Melngailis, R. C. M. Li

Surface Acoustic Wave Grating Reflectors
- M. E. Field, R. C. Ho, C. L. Chen

Surface Wave to Bulk Wave Scattering from Grooves
- A. Ronnekleiv and J. Souquet

Influence of Groove Profile on Surface-to-Bulk Wave Conversion of Rayleigh Waves at Shallow Grooves
- H-S. Tuan and J.P. Parekh

Scattering of Volume and Surface Electromagnetic Waves by Surface Acoustic Waves
- H. Talaat, W. P. Chen and E. Burstein

Surface Acoustic Wave Scattering from Metallic Strips Deposited on the Surface of a LiNbO3 Crystal.
- E. Cambiaggio and F. Cuozzo

An Analysis of the Reflection of Surface Waves by an Array of Reflecting Strips Using Derived Approximate Equations
- B.K. Sinha, H.F. Tiersten

Field Theory of Interdigital Transducers
- M. J. Zuliani,  V. M. Ristic, G. I. Stegeman

State-of-the-Art in Microfabrication of SAW Devices
- Alan J. Budreau, William J. Kearns, and Paul H. Carr

Projection Printing for the Fabrication of L Band SAW Transducers
- A. R. Janus, L. Dyal, and H. M. Gerard

Efficient Excitation of Shear Bulk Waves by Thin-Film ZnO ID Transducers
- A. L. Nalamwar and M. Epstein, R. S. Wagers

High Frequency Optically Processed Filters
- R. A. Moore, F. A. Halgas, C. H. Grauling, J. T. Godfrey

Plasma Etched Quartz SAW Resonators
- S. F. Miller, R. E. Stingall, W. R. Shreve

Leaky Surface Wave Propagation on Si, GaAs, GaP, Al2O3 and Quartz
- D. Penunuri, K. M. Lakin

Propagation of Surface Acoustic Waves in Strained Media
- A. L. Nalamwar and M. Epstein

Deducing Subsurface Property Gradients from Surface Wave Dispersion Data
- John M. Richardson and Bernhard R. Tittmann

Experimental Determination of Slowness Curves from Surface Acoustic Wave Diffraction Profiles
- F. Pirio, M. Sinou

Surface Acoustic Wave Slowness Surface Measurement
- H.K. Wickramasinghe, E.A. Ash

Temperature Regulation of LiNbO3 SAW Devices
- B. R. Potter and Jeff S. Schoenwald

Material Parameters of the Temperature-Stable Si02/ YZ LiTaO3 Structure
- T. E. Parker, H. Wichansky

The Surface Wave Properties of LiIO3
- V. B. Jipson, J. F. Vetelino, J. C. Field, D. G. Morency and D. L. Harmon

Observation of Long Term Velocity Drift in LiNbO3
- J. Randal Moulic

Propagation of Surface Acoustic Waves in a Composite Structure
- Masood A. Zaidi

Measurement of SAW Velocity Versus Strain for YX and ST Quartz
- D. E. Cullen, T. M. Reeder

A Chain Matrix Approach to the Design of Anistropic Rayleigh Wave Delay Lines
- I. M. Mason, E. Papadofrangakis, J. Chambers, R. Ulrich

Planar Microwave Bulk Delay Line in Silicon
- B. R. McAvoy and J. De Klerk

Wave Propagation Along a Sapphire Fiber
- Lynn O. Wilson

Reduction of Radiation and Scattering Losses in SAW Guides
- T. Moriizumi, I. Suemune, and T. Yasuda

One Millisecond Surface Acoustic Wave Delay Line
- C. M. Fortunko and H. J. Shaw

Acoustic Waveguide Fabrication by Orientation Dependent Etching
- Robert S. Wagers and Donald F. Weirauch

The Flexural Mode on a Plate Edge and Its Relation to Acoustic Ridge Waveguides
- A. A. Oliner, P. E. Lagasse

Folded Path Microwave Acoustic Volume Wave Delay Lines
- 1 Lt. T. Edward Fenstermacher, Paul H. Carr, and George A. Roberts

Consumer Product Applications of Ultrasound
- Robert Adler, Peter Desmares

A Non-Doppler Ultrasonic Monitor for Particulates in Flowing Liquids
- Joseph S. Heyman, Dennis Dietz, J. G. Miller

A Survey of the Novel Directional Ultrasonic Radiators
- Y. Sunthankar and I.N. Court

Computer Controlled Ultrasonic Beam Measurement and Analysis
- A. Fedotowsky, D.W.T. Mih, K.M. Lakin

End-On Crack Measurement
- Donald C. Winters

Energy Transmission Coefficients at Liquid/Solid Interfaces
- L. C. Lynnworth and J.N.C. Chen

Reflection of Ultrasonic Waves by Thin Interfaces
- G.A. Alers and L. J. Graham

Agglomeration of Aerosols by Ultrasonically Produced Water Mist
- Koichiro Seya, Tomoo Nakane, and Tetsuro Otsuro

Influence of Ultrasonics on Filtration
- H. V. Fairbanks and W. L. Hackett

Feasibility of Ranking Fracture Toughness by Ultrasonic Measurements
- Alex Vary

Characterization of Mechanical Properties by Acoustic Emission Using an Energy Criterion
- H. C. Kim

Analysis of Acoustic Emission Frequency Spectra
- W. J. Pardee and L. J. Graham

The Flat Conductor Electromagnetic SAW Transducer: Theory and Experiment
- H. M. Frost, T. L. Szabo, and J. C. Sethares

Applications for New Electromagnetic SAW Transducers
- Harold M. Frost, James C. Sethares and Thomas L. Szabo

A Study of Acoustic Mode Patterns from Electromagnetic Acoustic-Wave Transducers
- J. K. Hulbert, B. W. Maxfield

Adhesive Disbond Testing by Impulse-Induced-Resonance Utilizing Damping
- Emmanuel P. Papadakis

Soft Bulk Modulus at the Black Gold Phase Transition in Sm1-xYxS
- R. L. Melcher, G. Guntherodt, T. Penney and F. Holtzberg

An Ultrasonic Identification of Diffusion Mechanisms in CdS
- J. L. Sullivan

Low-Temperature Elastic Properties of Some Copper-Nickel Alloys
- H. M. Ledbetter and W. F. Weston

Group Velocity of R. F. Bursts and Attenuation of Ultrasonic Pulses in NbTi Filamentary Composite Superconductor Wires
- Wolfgang Sachse

Electromagnetic Generation of Rayleigh and Lamb Waves in Ferromagnetic Materials
- R. Bruce Thompson

A Tunable Narrowband Detector for Ultrasound
- M.  J. Buckley and R. M. Panos

Anisotropy of the Absolute Ultrasonic Attenuation of Transverse Waves in CaF2 Using the Method of Bragg Scattering
- Stanley E. Monroe, Jr. and Grover C. Wetsel, Jr.

Evaluation of Substrate Properties Using an Acoustic Beam in a Prism Coupled Via a Fluid Layer
- Y. L. Hou, H. L. Bertoni

Error Correction Methods in Gated Amplifier Absolute Velocity Measurements and Comparison with the Pulse-Echo-Overlap Technique
- Gary L. Petersen, Bruce Chick, and Warren Junker

Nuclear Acoustic Resonance Studies of Zinc-Blende Compounds
- Ronald K. Sundfors

Low Frequency Nonresonant Acoustic Magnetic Investigations in MgO:Fe2+
- Marjorie Passini Yuhas, D. I. Bolef, and J. G. Miller

Study of GaAs Epitaxial Layer Using the Separated-Medium Acoustoelectric Effect
- H. Gilboa, M. E. Motamedi and P. Das

Application of SAW Delay Line Attenuation and Transverse Acoustoelectric Voltage for Determination of Semiconductor Surface Properties
- M. E. Motamedi, R T. Webster and P. Das

Echo Storage in Piezoelectric Powders
- R. L. Melcher and N. S. Shiren

Author Index