title: Surface acoustic wave diffraction in spectral theory of interdigital transducers.
abstract: A theory of interdigital transducer is presented that accounts for the surface acoustic wave diffraction. It is formulated with help of the Blotekjaer, Ingebrigtsen, and Skeie expansion method used earlier in the plane-wave theory. Now, the electric field is applied to the breaks in the strips making parts of them polarized with different potentials. This way the finite aperture width transducers are modeled residing within an infinite system of periodic strips. Closed expressions are derived for system working below the Bragg condition. The theory is open for further development accounting for elastic strips, pseudo surface, leaky or even surface skimming bulk waves, for any frequency range, including Bragg reflection exploited in surface wave resonators.
authors.affiliation: Polish Academy of Sciences, IPPT, 00-049 Warsaw, Poland. edanicki@ippt.gov.pl
authors.forename: Eugene J
authors.initials: EJ
authors.lastname: Danicki