Abstract
A simple ultrasound method for measuring a surface temperature distribution of a material being heated is presented. The principle of the method is besed on the temperature dependence of a surface acoustic wave (SAW). SAWs are generated at different positions on a material surface consecutively by pulsed laser irradiation scanning (Nd:YAG, wavelength=1064 nm, energy 200 mJ/pulse, pulse width 3 us) using a one-dimensional galvanometer scanner, and each SAW is detected at position using a laser interferometer besed on photorefractive two-wave mixing (Nd: YAG, ivelength53 2 nm, energy 200 mW). The ultrasonic method has been applied to the surface temperature measurement of an aluminum plate wiiose single side is being heated. The surface temperature distributions determined by the ultrasonic method almost agree with those measured using an infrared camera.
