ELECTROMAGNETIC-ACOUSTIC TRANSFORMATION A S A RESULT OF A SURFACE FORCE ACTION

The analysis of physical interactions responsible for the generation o f acoustic waves in a conductor under action of electromagnetic waves incident on its surface is performed. It is shown, that the basic feat ures of an inertial, an inductive, and deformation force interactions can be derived assuming purely surface character of the exciting force . The state-of-art in experimental research in this field is discussed .