1983 Ultrasonics Symposium Proceedings

Front Matter

Table of Contents

Multi-Band SAW Filter Design Using the Remez Exchange Algorithm
- C. K. Campbell, P. J. Edmonson and J. Sferrazza Papa

Development of SAW Filter Perturbation Techniques
- R. S. Wagers and R. W. Cohn

On the Design of SAW Filters With Butterworth Passband and Chebyshev Stopband Characteristics
- A. Steffen and F. M. Nyffeler

SAW-Filters for Spectral Shaping in a 140 Mbit/Ss Digital Radio System Using 16 QAM
- E. Ehrmann-Falkenau, H. R. Stocker, C. Ruppel and W. R. Mader

Optimum Design of SAW-Filters by Linear Programming
- C. Ruppel, E. Ehrmann-Falkenau, H. R. Stocker, R. Veith

Synthesis of High Performance SAW Filters with Nonuniformly Spaced Fingers
- Edward M. Garber and Hermann A. Haus

Test Equipment for the Time and Frequency Domain Measurement of SAW Filters
- L. Bickers

Analysis, Phasing, and Matching of 3-Phase, Unidirectional, Apodized SAW Transducers
- E. W. Gholdston and T. M. Turner

Integrated Phasing and Matching Networks in Printed Form for a Three-Phase Unidirectional Transducer
- S. G. Gopani, R. B. Brown and D. A. Shumate

Low-Loss Unidirectional SAW Filters Using Integrated Micro-Inductors
- Kazuhiko Yamanouchi, Jai Krishna Gautam and Toshiyasu Meguro

Application of SAW Filters Using UDTs in Short Distance Communication Systems
- Jai Krishna Goutam, Toshiyasu Meguro and Kazuhiko Yamanouchi

A Low Loss 0.9 GHz Band SAW Filter
- Shusou Wadaka, Kouichiro Misu, Fumio Takeda, and Takaaki Kato

SAW Diffraction Compensation on Yz-LiNbO3
- I. Streibl, B. Syrett, M. Suthers, D. Conn

Design and Fabrication of SAW Multipole Filters
- Paul C. Meyer and Dugan Gunes

A Prototype Low-Loss Filter Employing Single-Phase Unidirectional Transducers
- P. V. Wright, and S. A. Wilkus

Low Loss SAW Filter for Antenna Duplexer
- M. Hikita, T. Tabuchi, H. Kojima, A. Nakagoshi, and Y. Kinoshita

High Power SAW Filter for Antenna Duplexer
- Y. Kinoshita, A. Nakagoshi, H. Kojima and M. Hikita

Low-Loss SAW Filter Using Single-Phase IDTs and No External Tuning
- W. Pollock, J. Schofield, R. F. Milsom, R. J. Murray and I. Flinn

A General Analysis for SAW 3-Phase Unidirectional Transducers
- S. M. Richie, M. A. Belkerdid, and D. C. Malocha

General Diffraction Analysis for Surface Acoustic Wave Filters
- R. C. Peach

Low Loss SAW Devices Employing Single Stage Fabrication
- Meirion Lewis

Diffraction of SAW by Acoustic Grating
- Hang Zouqing, Zhou Suhua and Wang Chenghao

Wide Band Linear Phase SAW Filters Using Apodized Slanted Finger Transducers
- P. M. Naraine and C. K. Campbell

Packaging and Reliability of SAW Filters
- T. R. Meeker and W. R. Grise

Vertical Inline SAW Package (VISP)
- C. A. Erikson, Jr. and D. R. LeSiege

Comparison of New Analog Device Technologies for Signal Processing
- E. Stern

Integration of Multiple Elastic Convolvers Into a Communication Signal Processor
- V. S. Dolat and G. T. Flynn

240 MHz Wideband Programmable SAW Matched Filter
- J. Lattanza, F. G. Herring, P. M. Krencik, A. F. Clerihew

SAW-Laser Communication Link
- F. Y. Cho and F. V. Richard

Design and Performance of a Channelizing Filter Bank in a Pulsed Signal Environment
- W. A. Porter and B. Smilowitz

Time Delay Devices for Phased Array Antennas
- A. J. Slobodnik, Jr.

Application of SAW Devices for Combined Filtering/Multiplexing and Ranging in a Novel CIWS Radar IF Signal Processor
- F. M. Nyffeler, J. Ebneter and R. Baechtiger

Adaptive Interference Suppression Using SAW Hybrid Programmable Transversal Filters
- C. M. Panasik and J. K. Toplicar

Chirp Z-Transform Filter
- M. S. Patterson, N. E. Karayianis, T. F. Geiger, M. W. Casseday, and N. J. Berg

GaAs SAW/MESFET Programmable Asynchronous Correlator with Complex Tap Weighting
- S. W. Merritt, G. K. Montress and T. W. Grudkowski

Using SAW Filters to Process Two-Dimensional Data by Means of the Radon Transform
- Roger L. Easton, Jr., Harrison H. Barrett, and Anthony J. Ticknor

The Design and Performance of SAW Convolvers with Extended Integration Times
- M. F. Lewis and C. L. West

Detailed Analysis of Slanted Reflective Array Compressors
- C. Waterkeyn, H. Gautier

Design and Analysis Tools for the Slanted Array Correlator
- B. R. Potter, W. D. Daniels, and S. Brown

The Focusing Slanted Chirped Transducer
- M. E. Barnard, P. D. Bloch and E. G. S. Paige

A SAW 330 MHz-100 μs Chirp Generator
- M. Chomiki, F. Genauzeau

IMCONs in Chirp Radar Systems Give -40 dB Sidelobes
- Robert E. Dorman

The Passband-Stopband Characteristics of Magnetostatic Surface Wave in the Periodical Metal Stripe Structure
- K. Yashiro, M. Uehara and S. Ohkawa

Large-Bandwidth MSSW Echoes in YIG Films
- F. Bucholtz and D. C. Webb

Magnetostatic Wave Devices for Integrated-Optical Signal Processing
- A. D. Fisher, E. S. Gaynor, and John N. Lee

Tunable MSW Oscillator Employing Narrowband Delay Lines
- V. Lander, J. P. Parekh

Magnetostatic-Volume-Wave Mode Conversion at a Region of Bias-Field Discontinuity
- H. S. Tuan, J. P. Parekh and K. W. Chang

SAW Phase Modulator Using Magnetostrictive Thin Films
- William P. Robbins and Alister Young

Aging Mechanisms in SAW Oscillators
- R. B. Stokes and M. J. Delaney

Random and Systematic Contributions to Long Term Frequency Stability in SAW Oscillators
- T. E. Parker

SBAW Oscillators at 3 to 5 GHz Range
- K. F. Lau, K. H. Yen, A. M. Kong, and K. V. Rousseau

Stressed SAW Mono or Dual Oscillator Stability
- P-L. Meunier and P. Hartemann

Surface Acoustic Wave Resonator Tracking Filter for UHF Signal Stability Improvement
- M. M. Driscoll

Design of a UHF SAW Resonator Using Harmonic-Mode Excitation
- J. N. Sferrazza Papa, C. K. Campbell and T. Chu

SAW Resonators on Silicon with ZnO Limited to IDT Regions
- S. S. Schwartz, S. J. Martin,. R. L. Gunshor, S. Datta, and R. F. Pierret

GHz Thick Film Hybrid SAW Oscillators
- N. A. Howard

A High Resolution Ultrasonic Densitometer
- W. B. Dress

Tensioned or Flexured SAW Accelerometers
- P. Hartemann and P-L. Meunier

A Microprocessor-Based, Three Axes, Ultrasonic Anemometer
- G. C. Aprilesi, G. De Cicco and A. Taroni

Zero Temperature Coefficient SAW Delay Line on AlN Epitaxial Films
- K. Tsubouchi and N. Mikoshiba

Stress Relaxation in Triode Sputtered Zinc Oxide Films
- F. S. Hickernell and T. S. Hickernell

Properties of ZnO Films Deposited by Laser Assisted Evaporation
- H. Sankur, M. E. Motamedi

Elastic Constants of Electron-Beam-Deposited Thin Films of Molybdenum and Aluminum on LiNbO3
- E. C. Jelks and R. S. Wagers

High Coupling and High Velocity Surface Acoustic Waves Using C-Axis Oriented ZnO Films on Translucent Al2O3 Ceramics
- T. Shiosaki, F. Takeda, and A. Kawabata

Highest Sensitivity Electrically Variable SAW Delay Line
- A. J. Budreau, P. H. Carr, H. L. Bertoni

A SAW Probe for Time Variable High Voltage Measurements
- E. Gatti, A. Palma, E. Verona

Temperature Dependence of the Material and Acoustic Wave Parameters of Berlinite
- D. S. Bailey, J. C. Andle, D. L. Lee, W. Soluch, J. F. Vetelino, B. H. T. Chai

Surface Acoustic Waves Bandpass Filters on ZnO/Pyrex Substrate with Zero Temperature Coefficient
- Ph. Defranould

Experimental Verification of SSBW and Leaky SAW Propagating on Rotated Y-Cuts of LiNbO3 and LiTaO3
- K. Y. Hashimoto, M. Yamaguchi, and H. Kogo

Reduction of Cracking in Tl3VS4 (TVS) Single Crystals
- Z. K. Kun and W. E. Gaida

Zinc Oxide Channel Waveguide Formation on Etched Rectangular Ridge Structures
- F. S. Hickernell, F. Y. Cho, F. V. Richard, T. S. Hickernell

Theory of Laser Generation of Surface Waves Using Optically Absorbing Coatings
- R. E. Higashi, R. K. Mueller and W. P. Robbins

Reflection and Mode Conversion of Surface Acoustic Waves in Layered Media
- Supriyo Datta

Propagation and Electromechanical Coupling to Plate Modes in Piezoelectric Composite Membranes
- A. A. Nassar and E. L. Adler

Stoneley Waves Propagating Along an Interface Between Piezoelectric Material and Isotropic Material
- Yasutaka Shimizu and Toshio Irino

GaAs Strip-Coupled Memory Correlators
- R. S. Wagers and M. R. Melloch

Analysis of the SAW Schottky Diode Storage Correlator in the Flash-Mode
- M. El Nokali, E. L. Adler

Sources of Spurious Signals in the Strip Coupled GaAs Memory Correlator
- M. R. Melloch, R. S. Wagers and B. F. Hall

Monolithic Thin Film Acousto-Electric Correlator Utilizing Two Modes of SAW
- S. Onishi, B. El-Asir, M. Eschwei and W-C. Wang

SAW and SSBW Convolvers Utilizing Bilinear Field in Various Directions
- T. J. Monks, E. G. S. Paige and R. C. Woods

Calculation of the Figure of Merit of Piezoelectric Waveguide Convolvers
- M. Planat, H. Gautier, C. Maerfeld

Diffraction Compensated SAW Multistrip Beam Compressors
- A. Ronnekleiv

The Acoustoelectric Interaction for High Resisitivity Semiconductor Samples
- H. Estrada-Vazquez

Characterization of Mercury Cadmium Telluride Using Nondestructive Transverse Acoustoelectric Voltage Measurements
- P. Das, M. Tabib-Azar, Bijan Davari, J. H. Everson

Efficient Wideband Acuosto-Optic Bragg Cells
- I. C. Chang and S. Lee

Wideband Acousto-Optic Bragg Cell
- M. J. Delaney and S. K. Yao

The Optimum Design of Acoustooptical Devices Using the First Order Beam Steering
- J. P. Xu

Intermodulation in Wideband Bragg Cells
- M. L. Shah and P. S. Zerwekh

Multifrequency Acousto-Optic Diffraction in Wideband Bragg Cells
- I. C. Chang and R. T. Weverka

The Effects of Acoustic Nonlinearities in Acousto-Optic Signal Processing Systems
- Gary Elston and Peter Kellman

A New Multifunction Acousto-Optic Signal Processor
- N. J. Berg, M. W. Casseday, A. N. Filipov, and J. M. Pellegrino

Anisotropic Aousto-Optic Interactions from Bulk and Surface Acoustic Waves
- A. G. Hodkin and J. M. Bagshaw

Three Dimensional Acoustooptic Dispersion Effects in Acoustoopic Devices for Optical Information Processing
- David L. Hecht

Discrete Frequency Bragg Deflector in 2 GHz Range Using ZnO/Sapphire Substrate
- K. Setsune, T. Mitsuyu, O. Yamazaki and K. Wasa

Double-Phonon Scattering Free and Second-Order AO Bragg Deflection in Tellurium at 10.6 μm
- A. A. Gundjian, E. L. Adler, D. Souilhac and J. Oliveira

Acousto-Optic Phase Modulator and Frequency Shifter for Single Mode Fibers
- K. Nosu, H. F. Taylor, S. C. Rashleigh and J. F. Weller

A New Single AO Element Two-Dimensional Signal Processor
- N. J. Berg, M. W. Casseday, C. Garvin

Quartz and LiTaO3 VHF Resonators for Direct Frequency Generation in the GHz Range
- J. P. Aubry

Low Temperature Coefficient Shear Wave Thin Films for Composite Resonators and Filters
- J. S. Wang, A. R. Landin and M. M. Lakin

Composite Thin Film UHF Bulk Acoustic Wave Resonators on GaAs
- G. R. Kline and K. M. Lakin

Effect of Mesa-Shaping on Spurious Modes in ZnO/Si Bulk-Wave Composite Resonators
- R. F. Milsom, J. E. Curran, S. L. Murray, S. Terry-Wood and M. Redwood

Radiation Pattern Model for Partially Electroded Piezoelectric Transducers with Ring Electrodes
- J. W. Gray, W. T. O'Conner, R. A. Burrier and R. O. Claus

Calculation of Ultrasonic Field Propagation in Fluids Using Finite Difference Techniques
- G. D. Dockery and R. O. Claus

Lateral-Field Excitation of Quartz Plates
- Elizabeth R. Hatch and Arthur Ballato

High-Resolved Vibrations in a Partially Electroded Semi-Infinite Piezoelectric Plate
- Noriaki Saiga and Kazuo Kajitani

High Coupling Piezoelectric Resonators Using Lithium Tetraborate
- R. C. Peach, C. D. J. Emin, J. F. Werner and S. P. Doherty

Poling of Ferroelectric Crystals by Using Interdigital Electrodes and Its Application to Bulk-Wave Transducers
- Kiyoshi Nakamura and Hiroshi Shimizu

Effect of RF Bias on Sputter Deposited ZnO Films for Shear Mode Transducers
- S. V. Krishnaswamy, B. R. McAvoy, and R. A. Moore

Acoustic Wave Reflection from Ferroelastic Domain Walls
- S. W. Meeks and B. A. Auld

Behaviour of Device Structures Based on IDT-Generated Bulk Waves in a Plate of Lithium Niobate
- P. D. Bloch, N. G. Doe, and E. G. S. Paige

LiNbO3 BAW Beam Filter Immersed in Resin
- M. Yamaguchi, K. Y. Hashimoto, K. Uzawa and H. Kogo

Reflected Bulk Wave Delay Lines
- M. A. Goodberlet and D. L. Lee

Dynamic Behavior of Periodic Piezoelectric Composites
- B. A. Auld, H. A. Kunkel, Y. A. Shui, and Y. Wang

Influence of Elevated Temperature on Some Piezoelectric Materials
- M. H. Slayton, P. A. Angleton, W. Janicky

Acoustic Interface Waveguide Directional Coupler
- H. A. Kunkel and B. A. Auld

Transducer Applications of PVDF
- P. A. Howie and H. R. Gallantree

Circularly Symmetric Gaussian Field Transducer with Equal Impedance and Equal Voltage Electrode Design
- R. A. Burrier, R. O. Claus, J. W. Gray and W. T. O'Conner

Application of the Kirchhoff Approximation to Acoustic Imaging in Robotics
- K. A. Marsh and J. M. Richardson

PVF2 Transducers for Acoustic Ranging and Imaging in Air
- Jeff S. Schoenwald and Jim F. Martin

High-Frequency Acoustic Wave Measurements in Air
- J. D. Fox, B. T. Khuri-Yakub, and G. S. Kino

Remote Ultrasonic Inspection in a Long Rod
- R. A. Treder

Active Acoustic Cross-Correlation Technique Applied to Flow Velocity Measurement in a Coal/Liquid Slurry
- S. H. Sheen and A. C. Raptis

Phase Measurements in Acoustic Microscopy
- K. Liang, B. T. Khuri-Yakub, S. D. Bennett, and G. S. Kino

A Miniature Lens Scanner for Acoustic Microscopy
- R. A. Harvey, I. R. Smith, D. J. Fathers

Scanning Acoustic Microscope in Interference Mode Using Frequency Modulation Method
- N. Chubachi and T. Sannomiya

High Frequency Acoustic Microscopy Using Pulse Compression
- M. Nikoonahad, G. Q. Yue, E. A. Ash

Two Dimensional Mapping of SAW Propagation Constants by Using Fresnel-Phase-Plate Interdigital Transducer
- T. Nomura, S. Shiokawa, T. Moriizumi and T. Yasuda

Data Acquisition in Tomographic Acoustic Microscopy
- Zse-Cherng Lin, Hua Lee, Glen Wade, Michael G. Orvacez and Lawrence W. Kessler

Suppression and Filtering of Rayleigh Waves in Reflection Acoustic Microscopy
- P. Sivaprakasapillai, M. Nikoonahad and E. A. Ash

FFT Velocity Measurement of Multiple Leaky Waves by Line-Focus-Beam Acoustic Microscope
- J. Kushibiki, K. Horii, and N. Chubachi

A New Reflection Lens for Acoustic Microscopy
- N. D. Johnson

Acoustic Microscopy of Ceramics Coating for Tools and Sliding Elements of Machines
- Kazushi Yamanaka, Yuji Enomoto and Yuko Tsuya

Phase-Modulated Photoacoustics
- R. Stearns, B. T. Khuri-Yakub, and G. S. Kino

Generation and Detection of Ultrasonic Waves Arising from Resistive Heating in Functioning Integrated Circuits
- S. E. Deggendorf and R. M. White

Photothermal Measurement of the Thickness of Diffusion Hardened Surface Layers in Steel
- J. Jaarinen, A. Lehto, and M. Luukkala

Influence of the Elastic Properties of the Backing Material in Thermoelastic Wave Generation
- D. Royer and E. Dieulesaint

Spatial Resolution of Thermal Wave Microscopes
- L. J. Inglehart, M. J. Lin, L. D. Favro, P. K. Kuo, and R. L. Thomas

Effects of Frequency on Definition and Resolution in Photothermal Imaging of Subsurface Structure
- F. Alan McDonald, Grover C. Wetsel, Jr. and Cornelius G. Clark

Observation of X-Ray Generated Ultrasound
- Wolfgang Sachse and Kwang Yul Kim

Concentration Dependence of Thermal-Wave Contrast for Dopants in Silicon
- S. Holland and R. M. White

Photoacoustic Measurements of Nonradiative Lifetime and Defect in Silicon Wafers
- N. Mikoshiba, H. Nakamura and K. Tsubouchi

Effect of Electrostriction in Pulse Excited Liquid-Filled Photoacoustic Cells
- J. A. Burt

Surface-Photoacoustic-Wave Spectroscopy of Thin Films
- D. E. Oates, S. R. J. Brueck, and T. F. Deutsch

Photoacoustic Study of the Interaction of Surface Plasmons and Monolayers of Dye Molecules
- H. Talaat and H. D. Dardy

Photoacoustic Microscopic Analysis of a Heterogeneous Material - Coal
- A. Biswas, K. L. Telschow, T. Ahmed, and K. W. Johnson

Textural Variations in B-Mode Ultrasonography
- S. W. Flax and N. J. Pelc

Realistic Simulation of B-Scan Images
- D. A. Seggie, S. Leeman and R. E. Burge

Computer Simulation of Artifacts in B-Mode Images
- M. Ueda, Y. Ishii, and M. Tabei

A Computer System for Visualizing Three-Dimensional Ultrasound Images as Stereopairs
- Juha Ylitalo and Esko Alasaarela

An Adaptive, Noise Tolerant, Frequency Extrapolation Algorithm for Diffraction Corrected Ultrasound Tomography
- F. Stenger, M. J. Berggren, S. A. Johnson, Y. Li

Crossed-Transducers Array for Transmission Ultrasonic Imaging
- M. Bernard

Iodine Release as an Indicator of Acoustic Cavitation
- Victor Ciaravino and Morton W. Miller

Absence of an Ultrasound Effect on In Vitro Lymphocyte Sister Chromatid Exchange
- Annie Brulfert, Victor Ciaravino, Morton W. Miller and Edwin L. Carstensen

The Kinetics of Ultrasonically-Induced Cell Lysis Produced by Non-Trapped Bubbles in a Rotating Culture Tube
- C. C. Church and M. W. Miller

Radiation Pressure and Its Measurement
- A. J. Livett and S. Leeman

A Study of Electronic Switching Devices for the Characterisation of Ultrasonic Probe Assemblies
- G. Hayward and M. N. Jackson

A PMF Array for a 360° Scanning Sonar
- H. R. Gallantree

Planar Annular Surface Wave Transducer
- Ron Vogel and Greg Pollari

Acoustical Displacement Reconstruction of Axisymmetric Transducers
- D. Guyomar, M. Fink, R. H. Coursant

Ultrasonic Attenuation Tomography by Dual Reflection Technique
- B. Ho, A. Jayasumana and C. G. Fang

Finite Element Analysis of Narrow Piezoelectric Parallelepiped Vibrations Energetical Coupling Modeling
- M. Naillon, F. Besnier, R. H. Coursant

Through Transmission Technique for Ultrasonic Attenuation Measurement Using Broadband, Plane Wave Pulses
- Gerald R. Harris, Bruce A. Herman, Stephen W. Smith, and William J. Bodine, Jr.

Myocardial Tissue Characterization: An Approach Based on Quantitative Backscatter and Attenuation
- J. G. Miller, Julio E. Perez, Jack G. Mottley, Eric I. Madaras, Patrick H. Johnston, Earl D. Blodgett, Lewis J. Thomas III, and B. E. Sobel

Generating a Minimum-Phase Digital Filter Model for the Acoustic Attenuation of Soft Tissue
- Roman Kuc

Frequency Dependent Ultrasonic Attenuation Coefficient Assessment in Fresh Tissue
- Laurie A. Segal and W. D. O'Brien, Jr.

On the Measurement of Frequency Dependent Attenuation in Biological Tissues Using Broadband Pulsed Ultrasound
- Iwaki Akiyama, Yukihiro Nishida, Masato Nakajima, Shinichi Yuta

Ultrasonic Absorption by Liposomes
- V. M. Maynard, R. L. Magin, P. R. Strom-Jensen, and F. Dunn

Tissue Characterization of Skin Utilizing High Ultrasonic Frequencies
- Fred K. Forster, John E. Olerud, Edward L. Gow

A Clinical Hyperthermia Unit Utilising an Array of Seven Focussed Ultrasonic Transducers
- K. Hynynen, D. J. Watmough, M. Shanmari, G. Wilmot, M. S. N. Murthy, J. R. Mallard, M. Fuller and T. Sarkar

Polymer Hydrophones in Biomedical Ultrasonics
- Peter A. Lewin

Acoustic Power Output Measurements from Ultrasound Hyperthermia Equipment
- Ronald A. Robinson

Applying Spectral-Shift Procedures for Estimating Acoustic Attenuation to Non-Gaussian Spectra
- Roman Kuc

Estimation of Frequency Dependent Attenuation in Biological Tissue by a Time-Frequency Representation of the Echographic A-Lines
- J. L. Bernatets, F. Hottier

Diffraction Correction in Pulse-Echo Attenuation Measurements
- J. F. Cardoso, M. Fink

Attenuation Estimation for Tissue Characterization
- Sidney Leeman and Joie Pierce Jones

Reconstructing Internal Temperature Distributions from Ultrasonic Time-Of-Flight Tomography and Dimensional Resonance Measurements
- S. J. Norton, L. R. Testardi and H. N. G. Wadley

Simultaneous Measurement of Ultrasonic Velocity and Attenuation in Thin Rods with Application to Temperature Profiling
- N. Gopalsami and A. C. Raptis

Real Time Non-Destructive Evaluation in Ultrasonic Wire Bonding
- Michael McBrearty, Michael Negin, Albert Zielenski, Marvin Weilerstein

Ultrasonic Characterization of Changes in Viscoelastic Properties of Epoxy During Cure
- William P. Winfree

Ultrasonic Probe Characterizing the Pulp Suspension
- E. Harkonen, J. Tornberg and M. Karras

Measurement of Ultrasonic Fields in Transparent Media Using a Scanning Differential Interferometer
- G. Daniel Dockery and Richard O. Claus

A New Three-Port Model of the Thickness Mode Piezoelectric Transducer
- M. N. Jackson and G. Hayward

The Use of Z-Transforms in Modelling Piezoelectric Transducers
- G. Hayward and M. N. Jackson

Direct Wave and Edge Waves Radiated by a Circular Thickness-Mode Transducer Into a Solid Medium
- H. L. Zhang, C. F. Ying and M. X. Li

Backward Wave Effects in Acoustic Scattering Measurements
- N. A. Whitaker, Jr. and H. A. Haus

A New Technique for Measuring Metal Surface Properties at the Rayleigh Critical Angle
- R. L. Richardson

Local Critical Angle Measurements for the Examination of Materials
- G. L. Fitzpatrick, B. P. Hildebrand, and A. J. Boland

A Comparison of the Axial Fields of Gaussian and Piston Transducer Radiation After Passage Through Cylindrical Surfaces at Oblique Incidence
- R. B. Thompson, V. G. Kogan, J. H. Rose, T. A. Gray and E. Lopes

Phase Information in Ultrasonic Spectroscopy
- N. Mercier and J. F. de Belleval

Acoustic Emission Waveforms in Isotropic and Orthotropic Plates
- H. I. Ringermacher and R. K. Miller

Evaluation of Heat Treated Stainless Steel Samples by Split-Spectrum Processing Technique
- N. M. Bilgutay and J. Saniie

The Effect of Surface Roughness on Ultrasonic Echo Amplitude in Steel
- G. V. Blessing, P. P. Bagley and J. E. James

On the Born Rytov Controversy
- L. Zapalowski, M. A. Fiddy and S. Leeman

Scattering and P/SV-Conversion of Elastic Waves by a Plane Crack of Finite Width
- J. H. M. T. van der Hijden and F. L. Neerhoff

Scattering of a Grazing Longitudinal Ultrasonic Wave Pulse by a Two Dimensional Crack in Solid
- J. Z. Shen and C. F. Ying

Probabilistic Approach to Inverse Problems in Ultrasonics
- J. M. Richardson and K. A. Marsh

Characterization of Edge Cracks Using Near-Field Acoustic Displacement Amplitude
- R. L. Jungerman, B. T. Khuri-Yakub and G. S. Kino

High Resolution Acousto-Optic Laser Probe
- C. C. Williams

Estimation of Scatterer Spacing Using Non-Linear Least-Squares Technique
- S. Tartono and N. M. Bilgutay

Mode-Conversion Phenomena at Surface-Breaking Cracks for Defect Characterisation
- N. Saffari and L. J. Bond

Reflection of Elastic Waves by an Infinitely Long Ribbon Crack ( Part II )
- H. Okada, K. Harumi, S. Watanabe

Theory of Pulse Propagation in Fluid-Saturated Porous Layers
- J. G. Berryman, B. P. Bonner, R. C. Y. Chin, and G. W. Hedstrom

Application of a Porous Ceramic to a Standard High Frequency Underwater Transducer
- Mary Lou Miller and T. A. Henriquez

An Interferometric Measurement of the Acoustoelastic Constant of Rock Core Samples
- Joseph S. Heyman and Larry P. Yoder

Ultrasonic Evaluation of Residual Stresses in a Titanium Alloy Plate Subjected to Localized Heat Treatment
- John M. Liu

Suppression of Microstructural Influences on the Acoustoelastic Measurement of Stress by Interchanging Shear Wave Propagation and Polarization Directions
- R. B. Thompson, S. S. Lee and J. F. Smith

Influence of Carbon Content on Higher-Order Ultrasonic Properties in Steels
- J. S. Heyman, S. G. Allison and K. Salama

Ultrasonic Measurement of Residual Deformation Stress in Thin Metal Plates Using Surface Acoustic Waves
- S. G. Allison, J. S. Heyman and K. Salama

A Two Dimensional Approach to Clutter Rejection in Ultrasonic Images
- W. A. Draheim and E. S. Furgason

Ultrasonic Fractography of Polymers for Precise Evaluation of Fracture Velocities in Transient Stages
- Kiyoshi Takahashi, Kazumi Matsushige, Yasuhiro Sakurada

Residual Stress Measurement in Circular Steel Cylinders
- J. Frankel, W. Scholz, G. Capsimalis, and W. Korman

Theory for Cross-Coupling
- G. S. Kino and R. Baer

Plate Mode Transducers
- E. Dieulesaint, A. Billmann, D. Royer and A. Chaabi

Relation Between Transducer Mounting Method and Noise Level in Ultrasonic Cleaners
- Kinji Hasegawa

Optical Measurements of Surface Displacement on Acoustic Transducers
- R. L. Jungerman, P. Bennett, B. T. Khuri-Yakub, and G. S. Kino

Angular Response of Cut and Uncut Piezoelectric Array Receivers Using Ceramics with High and Low Planar Coupling
- R. M. Schmitt, P. L. Carson, C. R. Meyer, T. L. Chenevert, P. H. Bland and M. H. Slayton

Acoustical Arrays with Nonuniform Element Spacing and/or Elevation
- J. M. Richardson and R. C. Addison, Jr.

Zigzag Flow Cells
- T. H. Nguyen and L. C. Lynnworth

Limitation of Coded Doppler Velocimeters
- D. Cathignol, J. Y. Chapelon, J. Jossinet

Signal to Noise Ratio Enhancement Through Doppler Processing
- V. L. Newhouse and Israel Amir

Pulse Doppler Flow Imaging Using a SAW CZT Processor
- P. Tortoli, G. F. Manes, C. Atzeni, A. Boscaleri

Double Frequency Bubble Diagnostics
- P. M. Shankar and V. L. Newhouse

Viscoelasticity and Zero Sound in Liquid 3He
- Isadore Rudnick

Acoustic Impedance Investigations of the Collective Modes of 3He-B
- J. B. Ketterson, K. W. Meisel, R. S. Shivaram, B. K. Sarma, and W. P. Halperin

Absolute Electroacoustic Measurement of Temperature Oscillations in Superfluid He4 by the Reciprocity Method
- B. R. Ogg, J. Valdivia, Jr., R. K. Yarber, and S. L. Garrett

Ultrasonic Attenuation Measurements of the Re-Entrant Superconductor Er0.4Ho0.6Rh4B4
- Keun J. Sun, Moises Levy, M. B. Maple

Measurement of Electroacoustic Coefficients in LiNbO3 and LiTaO3 and Application to Signal-Processing Devices
- P. G. Gottschalk, D. E. Oates, and P. V. Wright

Strain and Temperature Dependence of the Interaction Between SAW and Ni Films on LiNbO3
- Bruce McAvoy, Harry Salvo, Jr., Roy Wiegert, and Moises Levy

Surface Acoustic Wave Investigation of Granular Lead Films
- Hiroshi Tejima, Jeffrey Schmidt, Chris Figura, and Moises Levy

Attenuation of Bulk Shear Ultrasonic Waves in Polycrystalline Indium and Aluminum Films
- R. Nava and M. Rodriguez

Phonon Propagation Studies in LiF
- R. J. Hauenstein, J. Trivisonno, R. E. Soltis and D. A. Young

Excitation of Backward Ultrasonic Leaky Rayleigh and Leaky Lamb Waves
- M. de Billy, A. Csakany, L. Adler, and G. Quentin

Memory Effect in Piezoelectric AlN Gates
- A. Fathimulla and A. A. Lakhani

Effect of an Electric Field on the Propagation Velocity of Surface Acoustic Waves in Piezoelectric media
- A. Palma, F. Palma, L. Palmieri, G. Socino, E. Verona

High Temperature Acoustic Levitation
- T. G. Wang

Acoustic Positioning for Space Processing of Materials Science Samples in Mirror Furnaces
- E. G. Lierke, R. Grossbach, K. Flogel, P. Clancy

Coating Application of Acoustic Levitation
- Mark C. Lee

Fluid Dynamical Studies of Free Liquids Using Acoustic Levitation
- B. Trinh

Acoustic Radiation Stress in Solids
- John H. Cantrell, Jr.

Observation of Collinear Beam-Mixing by an Amplitude Modulated Ultrasonic Wave in a Solid
- Peter Li, William P. Winfree, W. T. Yost, and John H. Cantrell, Jr.

Surface and Bulk Wave Velocities in Arbitrary Anisotropic Piezoelectric Materials
- Erasmus Langer, Siegfried Selberherr, Peter A. Markowich

Mode Coupling in Thickness-Extensional Trapped Energy Transducers
- D. V. Shick and H. F. Tiersten

Low Frequency Ultrasonic Observation of Cr2+ in GaAs
- M. J. Brophy and A. V. Granato

Piezoelectric Composition-Modulated Structures
- H. K. Wong. A. DiVenere, G. K. Wong, and J. R. Ketterson

Non-Contact Ultrasonic Waveforms in Metals Using Laser Generation and Interferometric Detection
- D. A. Hutchins, F. Nadeau

Author Index