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Published online by Cambridge University Press: 15 July 2004
The nonuniform temperature distribution in a crystal surface during ultrasonic
loading has been detected. This effect was associated with a sonic-stimulated
temperature rise around dislocations and heating of the nonperfect regions of
the samples investigated. The dislocation moved in an ultrasonic field was
considered as a linear thermal source. We calculated the temperature
distribution around dislocations and determined conditions of the discrete and
continuous distribution of thermal sources for Hg$_{1-x}$CdxTe alloys. We
also discuss the possibility of using the investigated effect as the basis of
a non-destructive technique for extended defect mapping and imaging in
crystals.