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The amplitude of a surface acoustic wave has the maximum value A at the surface, and it attenuates exponentially as it goes inside.
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Sasaki, S. (2018). Surface Acoustic Wave. In: The Surface Science Society of Japan (eds) Compendium of Surface and Interface Analysis. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-6156-1_106
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