Surface Acoustic Wave Scattering from an Array of Irregularities Comparable with a Wavelength

AbstractThe properly defined reflection, transmission and scattering coefficients were numerically evaluated as functions of the reflector's thickness, from infinitively small to comparable with wavelength. It was shown that these dependencies for projections are quasi-periodic and related to excitation of Eigen resonance modes in array of reflectors. In contrast to projections scattering from deep grooves does not have periodic behavior and with the depth's growth SAW scattering into volume increases while reflection coefficient doesn’t reach more than 40%. The calculation of the 2D pattern of the scattered fields makes it possible to estimate the reflecting structures efficiency and clearly shows the range of the parameters for which an intensive SAW-energy radiation into the bulk occurs