Laser generation of convergent acoustic waves for materials inspection

Generation of Elastic Waves by Transient Surface Heating

R.M. White · Journal of Applied Physics · 1963 · 629 citations

Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Infrared Physics +26

Photon-Noise-Limited Laser Transducer for Gravitational Antenna

G. E. Moss, Lane R. Miller, Robert L. Forward · Applied Optics · 1971 · 147 citations

Gravitational Antenna, Photonics, Vibrations +12

Laser-generation of directional surface acoustic wave pulses in metals

A. M. Aindow, R.J. Dewhurst, S.B. Palmer · Optics Communications · 1982 · 91 citations

Photonics, Advanced Laser Processing, Engineering +4

Vibrational Displacement and Mode-Shape Measurement by a Laser Interferometer

Harry A. DeFerrari, R. A. Darby, F. A. Andrews · The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America · 1967 · 89 citations

Engineering, Measurement, Mechanical Engineering +17

Noncontact measurement of the elastic constants of plutonium at elevated temperatures

C.A. Calder, E.C. Draney, W. Wayne Wilcox · Journal of Nuclear Materials · 1981 · 46 citations

Materials Science, Precision Measurement, Noncontact Measurement +12