Laser detection of material thickness
Abstract
There is provided a method for measuring material thickness comprising: (a) contacting a surface of a material to be measured with a high intensity short duration laser pulse at a light wavelength which heats the area of contact with the material, thereby creating an acoustical pulse within the material: (b) timing the intervals between deflections in the contacted surface caused by the reverberation of acoustical pulses between the contacted surface and the opposite surface of the material: and (c) determining the thickness of the material by calculating the proportion of the thickness of the material to the measured time intervals between deflections of the contacted surface.
- Inventors:
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- Los Alamos, NM
- Issue Date:
- Research Org.:
- Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 874709
- Patent Number(s):
- 6445457
- Assignee:
- The Regents of the University of California (Los Alamos, NM)
- Patent Classifications (CPCs):
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G - PHYSICS G01 - MEASURING G01B - MEASURING LENGTH, THICKNESS OR SIMILAR LINEAR DIMENSIONS
- DOE Contract Number:
- W-7405-ENG-36
- Resource Type:
- Patent
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- laser; detection; material; thickness; provided; method; measuring; comprising; contacting; surface; measured; intensity; duration; pulse; light; wavelength; heats; contact; creating; acoustical; timing; intervals; deflections; contacted; caused; reverberation; pulses; opposite; determining; calculating; proportion; time; laser pulse; time interval; /356/
Citation Formats
Early, James W. Laser detection of material thickness. United States: N. p., 2002.
Web.
Early, James W. Laser detection of material thickness. United States.
Early, James W. Tue .
"Laser detection of material thickness". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/874709.
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title = {Laser detection of material thickness},
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abstractNote = {There is provided a method for measuring material thickness comprising: (a) contacting a surface of a material to be measured with a high intensity short duration laser pulse at a light wavelength which heats the area of contact with the material, thereby creating an acoustical pulse within the material: (b) timing the intervals between deflections in the contacted surface caused by the reverberation of acoustical pulses between the contacted surface and the opposite surface of the material: and (c) determining the thickness of the material by calculating the proportion of the thickness of the material to the measured time intervals between deflections of the contacted surface.},
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place = {United States},
year = {2002},
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