High-performance surface acoustic wave sensors for liquid environments

Manfred Weihnacht; Falk Herrmann

doi:10.1117/12.434183

24 July 2001 High-performance surface acoustic wave sensors for liquid environments

Manfred Weihnacht, Falk Herrmann

Proceedings Volume 4335, Advanced Nondestructive Evaluation for Structural and Biological Health Monitoring; (2001) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.434183
Event: 6th Annual International Symposium on NDE for Health Monitoring and Diagnostics, 2001, Newport Beach, CA, United States

Abstract

Acoustic wave devices based on waveguide modes with shear-horizontal polarisation, i. e. Love modes, are very promising for sensor application, especially in liquid environments. They can be used for determination of liquid density and viscosity as well as for chemical sensors. Up to now, several systems have been reported based on standard ST-quartz. Those devices lack temperature stability which is essential for field application. However, appropriate combinations of crystal cut angle and SiO₂ overlay thickness should provide temperature compensation. Thus, different systems based on Y-rot quartz and lithium tantalate plates with SiO₂ waveguiding films have been investigated. Temperature behavior as well as relevant acoustic properties are compiled. It has been proven that numerical calculations yield a very accurate description of the physical device properties. For both cases of material combinations it has been shown that systems are available combining temperature compensation with a high device sensitivity.

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Manfred Weihnacht and Falk Herrmann "High-performance surface acoustic wave sensors for liquid environments", Proc. SPIE 4335, Advanced Nondestructive Evaluation for Structural and Biological Health Monitoring, (24 July 2001); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.434183

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