Oscillations in Ultrasonic Attenuation: Real or Spurious?

Y. J. Qian, A. Schenstrom, M. F. Xu, H. P. Baum, Bimal K. Sarma, M. Levy, J. B. Ketterson

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Abstract

Occasionally, in pulsed ultrasonic attenuation measurements, oscillations in the amplitude of the received sound signal are observed, when a certain parameter (temperature or magnetic field) is varied. Sometimes these oscillations in the received signal amplitude are of spurious origin, (that is, they have nothing to do with any attenuation mechanism within the sample under investigation). In this paper we discuss two examples of oscillatory behavior in ultrasonic attenuation that we have seen when the magnetic field was varied; one real, the other spurious.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)1733-1734
Number of pages2
JournalJapanese Journal of Applied Physics
Volume26
Issue numberS3-2
DOIs
StatePublished - Jan 1987

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Engineering(all)
  • Physics and Astronomy(all)

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