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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 04, 1984
Filed:
Oct. 19, 1982
Applicant:
Inventors:
John J Quinn, North Scituate, RI (US);
Ulrich Strom, Hyattsville, MD (US);
Leroy L Chang, Goldens Bridge, NY (US);
Assignee:
The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy, Washington, DC (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
310334 ; 333141 ; 357-4 ;
Abstract
An ultrasonic wave generator comprising a semiconductor superlattice with a periodic variation in its space charge and a far infrared laser for applying a transient electric field to the superlattice transverse to the direction of its periodic variation. The ultrasonic wave produced has a wavelength of the period of the superlattice which can result in 100 gigahertz ultrasonic waves. Structure is included for guiding these waves into an acoustic system.