Thermoelastic generation of ultrasound by line-focused laser irradiation (Q1434654)

The authors derive a two-dimensional model for the line source based on a unified treatment of the corresponding thermoelastic problem in plane strain, rather than on integration of available results for the point source. In contrast to previous studies, this model takes account of the finite width of the source, the shape of the pulse and the subfinite width of the source, the shape of the pulse and the subsurface sources arising from thermal diffusion and optical penetration. The thermoelastic problem in an isotropic half-space is solved analytically in the Fourier-Laplace transform domain. The doubly transformed solution is inverted numerically to produce theoretical waveforms. This approach alleviates much of the computational effort required by the superposition of point-source solutions.