Reflection and transmission of waves in pyroelectric and piezoelectric materials

The reflection and transmission theories of waves in pyroelectric and piezoelectric medium are studied in this paper. In general in an infinite homogeneous pyroelectric medium there are four bulk wave modes: quasi-longitudinal, two quasi-transversal and temperature waves. In an infinite homogeneous piezoelectric medium there are three bulk wave modes: quasi-longitudinal and two quasi-transversal waves. In the reflection and transmission problem there are five complex boundary conditions in the pyroelectric medium and four complex boundary conditions for the piezoelectric medium. In this paper, we find that the surface waves will be revealed in the reflection and transmission wave problem. The surface waves have the same wave vector component with the incident waves on the interface plane. The two dimensional reflection problem of waves at the interface between the semi-infinite pyroelectric medium and vacuum is researched in greater detail and a numerical example is given.

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