Model parameter extraction for obliquely propagating surface acoustic waves in infinitely long grating structures

In this paper, we propose the use of the "longitudinal resonance condition" for the characterization of the two-dimensional propagation of surface acoustic waves (SAWs) in periodic grating structures, and also show a procedure for extracting parameters required in the behavior model from the full-wave analysis. The condition is given by beta(x)p = p, where p is the grating period and beta(x) is the wavenumber of the grating mode in the longitudinal direction (x). This is based on the fact that in conventional SAW resonators, acoustic resonances including transverse ones occur when beta(x) is real but the longitudinal resonance condition is mostly satisfied. The longitudinal resonance condition is applied to a simple model, and the wavenumber beta(y) in the lateral direction (y) is expressed as a simple function of the angular frequency omega. The full-wave analysis is applied for SAWs propagating in an infinite grating on a 128 degrees YX-LiNbO3 substrate, and the anisotropy parameter gamma is extracted by the fitting with the derived equation. The fitted result agrees well with the original numerical result. It is also indicated that gamma estimated by this technique is significantly different from the value estimated without taking the effects of the grating structure into account. (C) 2016 The Japan Society of Applied Physics