Acousto-electric effect
Appearance
Acousto-electric effect is a nonlinear phenomenon of generation of electric current in a piezo-electric semiconductor by a propagating acoustic wave. The generated electric current is proportional to the intensity of the acoustic wave and to the value of its electron-induced attenuation. The effect was theoretically predicted in 1953 by Parmenter. Its first experimental observation was reported in 1957 by Weinreich and White.
See also
References
- R.H. Parmenter, The acousto-electric effect, Physical Review, vol.89, pp. 990–998 (1953).
- G. Weinreich and H.G. White, Observation of the acoustoelectric effect, Physical Review, vol. 106, pp. 1104–1106 (1957).