* The authors are in the Department of Physics, University of Helsinki, Siltavuorenpenger 20 C, 00170, Helsinki 17, Finland
Abstract:
Low-frequency surface waves for non-destructive testing of surfaces can be excited by a so-called comb transducer consisting of a periodically corrugated plate bonded to a pie-zoelectric crystal. Typically, 25 dB insertion loss was measured at 3 MHz on an iron surface with a unidirectional set of transducers employing passive reflectors.