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At the previous Symposium we described an instrument to visualize and measure ultrasonic wavefronts [l]. In that system, a very thin, flexible, optically reflective membrane, called a pellicle, is immersed in a tank of water. The pellicle is so thin and so-wellcoupled to the water that an ultrasonic wave moves the pellicle at every point with almost exactly (>99.95%) the same motion as the water. This motion is detected by a scanning Michelson interferometer, and the changes in interference so caused are converted to an electronic signal by a photodiode. As indicated schematically in Fig. I, this signal is used to modulate the intensity of a spot on a CRT that is raster scanned synchronously with the laser beam rasterscanning the pellicle; in this way a map of the displacement amplitude on the pellicle is formed on the CRT. The electronic signal also is displayed for exact measurement of the displacement of a particular point or of a scan line on the pellicle. As shown in Fig. 1, acoustical lenses may be used to form an acoustic image on the pellicle that is made visible on the CRT.
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Vilkomerson, D., Mezrich, R., Etzold, KF. (1977). An Improved System for Visualizing and Measuring Ultrasonic Wavefronts. In: Kessler, L.W. (eds) Acoustical Holography. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-0653-6_7
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