Conventional piezoelectric ceramics, such as lead zirconate titanate (PZT), are hard materials (high Q materials). This hardness exhibits noticeable resonances and causes a narrow bandwidth. A flexible piezoelectric rubber is very promising piezoelectric material for wide band applications because of its low Q property. The transmitting and receiving sensitivities are measured over the frequency ranges 20-150 and 100-1000 kHz. The results of these measurements are compared with those obtained PZT, anisotropic (Pb, Ca) TiO
3 and P (VDF/TrFE). It is clarified that the piezoelectric rubber, (Pb, Ca) TiO
3 and P (VDF/TrFE) are very useful for underwater hydrophone applications over wider frequency ranges. In addition, a tone-burst response is tested. A damped ringing in a tone-burst pulse is measured-for piezoelectric rubber and (Pb, Ca) TiO
3 ceramics.
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