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Nonlinear Sound Field by Interdigital Transducers in Water

Miyuki Maezawa, Rui Kamada, Tomoo Kamakura, and Kazuhisa Matsuda¹

(Received November 26, 2007; accepted January 10, 2008; published online May 23, 2008)

Nonlinear ultrasound beams in water radiated by a surface acoustic wave (SAW) device are examined experimentally and theoretically. SAWs on an 128° X-cut Y-propagation LiNbO₃ substrate are excited by 50 pairs of interdigital transducers (IDTs). The device with a 2 ×10 mm² rectangular aperture and a center frequency of 20 MHz radiate two ultrasound beams in the direction of the Rayleigh angle determined by the propagation speed of the SAW on the device and of the longitudinal wave in water. The Rayleigh angle becomes 22° in the present experimental situation. The fundamental and second harmonic sound pressures are respectively measured along and across the beam using a miniature hydrophone whose active element 0.4 mm in diameter and whose frequency response is calibrated up to 40 MHz. The Khokhlov–Zabolotskaya–Kuznetsov (KZK) equation is utilized to theoretically predict sound pressure amplitudes. The theoretical predictions of both the fundamental and second harmonic pressures agree well with the measured sound pressures.

URL: http://jjap.jsap.jp/link?JJAP/47/4076/
DOI: 10.1143/JJAP.47.4076

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