Abstract
Some aspects of the generation and detection of ultrasound with laser beams are presented. The objective of the study is (1) to present some experimental results on the generation of ultrasound with an array of optical fibers, (2) to discuss the possibility of generating directional surface waves with acousto-optic scanning in a very narrow frequency band, thus increasing the signal-to-noise ratio, and (3) to discuss the feasibility of the directional detection of ultrasound by using an array of optical fibers as a receiver, also with the goal of increasing the signal-to-noise ratio.
This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.
Similar content being viewed by others
References
G. Birnbaum and G.S. White, Laser techniques in NDE, inResearch Techniques in NDT R. S. Sharpe, ed. (Academic Press, London, 1984), Vol. VII, Chap. 8, pp. 259–365.
D. A. Hutchins and A. C. Tam, IEEE Trans. UFFC, UFFC-33, pp. 429–449 (1986).
E. Primbsch and W. Bickel, U.S. Patent 4,379,409 (1983).
J. A. Vogel, A. J. A. Bruinsma, and A. J. Berkhout,Proceedings of Ultrasonics International '87 (Butterworth, 1987), pp. 141–152.
J. Jarzynski and Y. H. Berthelot,J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 85(1):158–162 (1989).
P. Cielo, F. Nadeau, and M. Lamontagne, Laser generation of convergent acoustic waves for material inspection,Ultrasonics (March),55–62, (1985).
E. A. Ash, E. Dieulesaint, and H. Rakouth, Generation of surface acoustic waves by means of a CW laser,Elect. Lett. 16(12):470–472 (1980).
D. Royer and E. Dieulesaint, Analysis of thermal generation of Rayleigh waves,J. Appl. Phys. 56(9):2507–2511 (1984).
S. I. Zolotov, V. V. Krylov, E. P. Ponomarev, and T. V. Shtenscl, Beam patterns of a termooptical source of acoustic waves excited by a narrow laser beam in metals,Sov. Phys. Acoust. 31(4):344–345 (1985).
R. C. Addison, Jr., L. J. Graham, R. S. Linebarger, and B. R. Tittmann, Synthesis of an ultrasonic array using laser-based techniques, IEEE Ultrasonic Symposium, pp. 1109–1113 (1987).
A. D. W. McKie, J. W. Wagner, J. B. Spicer, and C. M. Penney,Ultrasonics,27323–330 (1989).
J. W. Wagner, A. D. McKie, J. B. Spicer, and J. B. Deaton, Jr., inReview of Progress in Quantitative Nondestructive Evaluation, D. O. Thompson, ed. (Brunswick, Maine, 1989), Vol. 9.
Y. H. Berthelot,J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 85(3):1173–1181 (1989).
C. M. Scala and P. A. Doyle,J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 85(4):1569–1576 (1989).
J.-P. Monchalin,Rev. Sci. Inst. 56(4):543–546 (1985).
L. E. Drain,The Laser Doppler Technique (John Wiley and Sons, New York, 1980).
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Rights and permissions
About this article
Cite this article
Berthelot, Y.H., Jarzynski, J. Directional laser generation and detection of ultrasound with arrays of optical fibers. J Nondestruct Eval 9, 271–277 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00565645
Received:
Revised:
Issue Date:
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00565645