Design and fabrication of a gradient-index phononic quartz plate lens
Journal
Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
Journal Volume
8994
Date Issued
2014
Author(s)
Abstract
This paper presents results on the numerical and experimental studies of focusing of Lamb waves in an AT-cut quartz gradient-index phononic crystal (GRIN PC) plate lens. The band structures of square-latticed AT-cut quartz phononic crystal plates with different filling ratios are analyzed using the finite element method. The anisotropic properties of the lowest anti-symmetric Lamb mode are discussed. Then, the design of an AT-cut quartz based GRIN PC plate lens is addressed. In the micro-fabrication, the deep reactive ion etching (Deep-RIE) process with a laboratory-made etcher was utilized to fabricate the GRIN PC plate lens on an 80μm thick AT-cut quartz plate. Interdigital transducers were fabricated directly on the quartz plate to generate plate waves and a vibro-meter was used to detect the wave fields. The measured results on the focusing are in good accordance with the numerical predictions. Results of this study may serve as a basis for developing an active micro plate lens and related devices.
Type
conference paper