• Chinese Optics Letters
  • Vol. 9, Issue 2, 022501 (2011)
Jing Jia, Zhonghua Shen, Lijuan Wang, and Ling Yuan
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  • Faculty of Science, Nanjing University of Science and Technology, Nanjing 210094, China
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    DOI: 10.3788/COL201109.022501 Cite this Article Set citation alerts
    Jing Jia, Zhonghua Shen, Lijuan Wang, Ling Yuan. Observation of wedge waves and their mode transformation by laser ultrasonic technique[J]. Chinese Optics Letters, 2011, 9(2): 022501 Copy Citation Text show less

    Abstract

    Wedge waves (WWs) in wedges, including their dispersion characteristics and mode transformation, are investigated using the laser ultrasound technique. Pulsed laser excitation and optical deflection beam method for detection are used to record WWs. Numerous WWs are detected by scanning the excitation laser along the wedge tip. Dispersions of WWs are obtained by using the two-dimensional (2D) Fourier transformation method, and different WW orders are revealed on the wedges. Mode transformation is determined by fixing the distance between the excitation and detection position, as well as by scanning the samples along the normal direction of the wedge tip.
    Jing Jia, Zhonghua Shen, Lijuan Wang, Ling Yuan. Observation of wedge waves and their mode transformation by laser ultrasonic technique[J]. Chinese Optics Letters, 2011, 9(2): 022501
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