ISSN:
1089-7623
Source:
AIP Digital Archive
Topics:
Physics
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Electrical Engineering, Measurement and Control Technology
Notes:
A scanning laser acoustic microscope (SLAM) is described. The SLAM achieves a resolution of about 10 μm and is capable of imaging subsurface features at depths up to several millimeters, using appropriate reconstruction algorithms. The various components of the apparatus, both acousto-optical and electronic, are described. A major feature of the SLAM is a digital data-acquisition system capable of storing and processing the complex acoustic field in images with 256×256-pixel resolution. An array processor enables most floating-point operations to be completed in a few seconds. Examples of acoustic images obtained from a test sample are presented.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.1139565