Pump Requirements for Parametric Amplification and Generation of Surface Waves on YZ LiNbO3
Absfract-Expressions are developed for estimating the threshold electric fields required for parametric amplification or generation of surface waves in piezoelectric materials utilizing the nonlinear characteristics of the material. When applied to Y Z LiNbOa, they yield values in excess of 20 kV/cm under the most optimistic, yet still realistic, conditions. These values are too Iarge for amplification or generation to be considered for practical applications. Several pump electrode geometries and circuit matching techniques were investigated to determine the best obtainable pump circuit performance. An interdigital electrode separated from the crystal by a small gap was found to be the most efficient pump electrode geometry and was capable of producing approximately ZkV/cm of field per watt’‘2 of input pump power.
CONVOLUTION AND TIME INVERSION USING PARAMETRIC INTERACTIONS OF ACOUSTIC SURFACE WAVES
We report on the observation of acoustic convolution, time inversion, and electronically variable delay in real time using 105‐ and 220‐MHz surface acoustic waves in YZ‐cut LiNbO3 delay rods. The time inversion is a special case of correlation, where a short ``pip'' pulse will create a reflection in time for the injected input signal pulse. The conversion losses in the processing were 64–74 dB.
Nonlinear magnetoelastic interactions
The physical basis for magnetoelastic coupling is presented in terms of simple models. These models are used to illustrate the magnetoelastic nonlinearities present in real crystals, and an enumeration is made of the instabilities which can be excited by means of these nonlinearities. Published material on instability theory and experiments is reviewed, and current possibilities for device applications are briefly evaluated.