Transmission of low-frequency sound through the water-to-air interface

L.M. Brekhovskikh revealed and studied the important role played by inhomogeneous waves emitted by a point source when they pass through an interface with a medium in which the velocity of sound is lower, for example, from water to air. This paper studies the energy characteristics of sound emitted into air by an underwater point source. The energy transfer due to inhomogeneous waves is shown to cause the phenomenon of anomalous transparency of the interface for low-frequency sound. The anomalous transparency manifests itself in that the energy flux through the interface increases with decreasing frequency of sound and, at sufficiently low frequencies, almost all of the acoustic energy produced by the underwater source is emitted into air. Conversely, at high frequencies, when the contribution of the inhomogeneous waves becomes negligible, the water-to-air interface is similar to a perfectly reflecting surface and almost all of the acoustic energy produced by the source is emitted into water. The anomalous transparency phenomenon changes the conventional opinion on the possibility of acoustic coupling between points in water and air and on the role played by physical processes evolving in the water column in generating atmospheric acoustic noise.     

Sensitivity kernel for surface scattering in a waveguide

Using the Born approximation, a linearized sensitivity kernel is derived to describe the relationship between a local change at the free surface and its effect on the acoustic propagation in the water column. The structure of the surface scattering kernel is investigated numerically and experimentally for the case of a waveguide at the ultrasonic scale. To better demonstrate the sensitivity of the multipath propagation to the introduction of a localized perturbation at the air-water interface, the kernel is formulated both in terms of point-to-point and beam-to-beam representations. Agreement between theory and experiment suggests applications to sensitivity analysis of the wavefield for sea surface perturbations.     

声表面波在圆弧处反射及透射的数值研究*

为了研究直达表面波在圆弧过渡面处传播性能的变化,采用有限元方法模拟了热弹机制下,线性脉冲激光辐照金属铝块表面时激发的表面波在近表面传播过程中,在不同曲率半径的圆弧处发生的反射及透射现象,建立了圆弧半径与反射表面波以及透射表面波时域信号特征之间的联系。计算结果表明:曲率半径与表面波中心波长的数值关系对表面波在圆弧处的传播有显著的影响;同时证明了根据透射表面波信号的到达时间可以反演圆弧半径的大小,为之后利用表面波信号定量检测材料表面圆弧凹痕的深度提供了理论依据。     

Surface acoustic wave controlled charge dynamics in a thin InGaAs quantum well

We experimentally study the optical emission of a thin quantum well and its dynamic modulation by a surface acoustic wave (SAW). We observe a characteristic transition of the modulation from one maximum to two maxima per SAW cycle as the acoustic power is increased which we find in good agreement with numerical calculations of the SAW controlled carrier dynamics. At low acoustic powers the carrier mobilities limit electron-hole pair dissociation, whereas at high power levels the induced electric fields give rise to efficient acousto-electric carrier transport. The direct comparison between the experimental data and the numerical simulations provide an absolute calibration of the local SAW phase.     

New visualization method of progressive acoustic wavefronts using a Köster prism

Visualization of a progressive acoustic wave is explained and verified experimentally. A Köster prism set in an image-forming system works so that the optical wave fields emerging from two points across the exit plane of an acoustic column may be superposed at a point in the image plane. The image intensity changes with a period of half the acoustic wavelength magnified suitably. The visibility of the image intensity takes values between 0 and 0.54 if the acoustic power is made to change. No practical frequency limitation is present in the lower frequency range of the acoustic wave.     

Effect of acoustic flows on the structure of a constricted glow discharge in argon

Numerical experiments on the effect of acoustic flows on the structure of a constricted glow discharge in argon have been performed in the hybrid approximation. The possibility of controlling the combustion regime of the glow discharge with an extended positive column at a high pressure by means of the formation of acoustic flows at the excitation of a standing acoustic wave has been demonstrated. In this case, the discharge transfers from the constricted combustion regime to the diffuse one and becomes stable.     

Acoustics and hydrodynamics of a drop impact on a water surface

Hydrodynamic and acoustic processes associated with a drop impact on a water surface were studied experimentally. Acoustic signals were detected underwater (with a hydrophone) and in air (with a microphone), the flow pattern was recorded with a high-speed camera, and the surface perturbation was monitored with a laser detector. The dimensionless parameters of flows (Reynolds, Froude, and Weber numbers) induced by the impact varied with fall height within the ranges of 5000 < Re < 20000, 20 < Fr < 350, and 70 < We < 1000. The sequence of acoustic signals incorporated an impact pulse at the moment of contact between a drop and the surface and a series of acoustic packets attributable to the resonance emission of gas cavities. The top of the impact pulse, which was detected clearly in the entire fall height range, had a complex structure with short high-frequency and longer low-frequency oscillations. The total number and the parameters of emitted acoustic packets depended to a considerable extent on the fall height. The cases of lacking, one-time, and repeated emission of packets were noted in a series of experiments performed at a constant fall height. The analysis of video data showed that the signal variability was induced by considerable differences in the scenarios of water entry of a drop, which assumed an ovoid shape at the end trajectory segment, in the mentioned experiments.     

Acoustic laser cleaning of silicon surfaces

We investigate the detachment of small particles from silicon surfaces by means of acoustic waves generated by laser-induced plasma formation at the back side of the sample. It is demonstrated that sufficiently high acoustic intensities can be reached to detach particles in the submicron regime. In order to study this “acoustic laser cleaning” in more detail, we have developed an interference technique which allows one to determine the elongation and acceleration of the surface with high temporal resolution, the basis for an analysis of the nanomechanical detachment process, which takes place on a temporal scale of nanoseconds. We find that the velocity of the detaching particles is significantly higher than the maximum velocity of the substrate surface. This indicates that not only inertial forces, but also elastic deformations of the particles, resulting from the acoustic pulse, play an important role for the cleaning process. PACS 81.65.Cf; 68.35.Np     

Influence of acoustic leakage at fluid–solid interface on interferometric detection of surface acoustic wave

When using laser interferometer to detect surface acoustic wave at fluid–solid interface, there are two factors which will cause the optical path length variation of the probe laser beam: interface deformation, and refractive index changes in fluid induced by acoustic leakage. Influence of acoustic leakage on laser interferometric detection for surface acoustic wave is researched here. A metal plate immersed in an infinite fluid is used as a physical model. Interface deformation due to laser-induced acoustic wave and pressure in fluid due to acoustic leakage are computed for select cases by finite element method. The optical path length variation caused by the two factors are calculated respectively and compared. The results show that the influence of acoustic leakage increases with the increasing acoustic impedance matching of fluid and solid, the peak-to-peak of influence degree increases linearly with the increasing acoustic impedance of fluid, and that decreasing the distance between the interferometer and interface can effectively reduce the influence of acoustic leakage.     

Source bearing estimation in the Arctic Ocean using ice-mounted geophones

This paper investigates the use of geophones mounted on the surface of Arctic sea ice for estimating the bearing to acoustic sources in the water column. The approach is based on measuring ice seismic waves for which the direction of particle motion is oriented radially outward from the source. However, the analysis is complicated by the fact that sea ice supports several types of seismic waves, producing complex particle motion that includes significant nonradial components. To suppress seismic waves with transverse particle motion, seismic polarization filters are applied in conjunction with a straightforward rotational analysis (computation of particle-motion power as a function of angle). The polarization filters require three-dimensional (3D) measurements of particle motion, and apply theoretical phase relationships between vertical and horizontal components for the various waves types. In addition, the 180 degrees ambiguity inherent in the rotational analysis can be resolved with 3D measurements by considering particle motion in the vertical-radial plane. Arctic field trials were carried out involving two components. First, a hammer source was used to selectively excite the various ice seismic waves to investigate their propagation properties and relative importance in bearing estimation. Second, impulsive acoustic sources were deployed in the water column at a variety of bearings and ranges from 200-1000 m. For frequencies up to 250 Hz, source bearings are typically estimated to within an average absolute error of approximately 100.     

Bistability of a compliant cavity induced by acoustic radiation pressure

We report on the first observation of multiple-order bistability due to acoustic radiation pressure in a compliant acoustic cavity formed between a spherical ultrasonic transducer immersed in water and the free liquid surface located at its focus. The hysteretic behavior of the cavity length, observed both with amplitude ramps and frequency sweeps, is accurately described using a one-dimensional model of a compliant Fabry-Pérot resonator assuming the acoustic radiation pressure to be the only coupling between the cavity and the acoustic field.     

鼓泡床中超声驻波的模拟及其对气泡的调制机理

采用计算流体动力学（CFD）的方法，数值生成了鼓泡床中一对声换能器以16kHz高频振动引发的超声场。数值计算是基于包括粘性影响的可压缩流体基本守恒方程，并耦合了水的状态方程。模拟结果表明，在本研究所用的几何布置和换能器与时间相关的速度入口边界条件下，反应器中形成了一个稳定的驻波声场；由于波的非线性以及水的粘性，压力波节点呈现出轻微的时间漂移性。模拟结果与前人的实验结果定性吻合。在模拟的声压分布的基础上，分析了驻波声场调制气泡的机理。如比较熟知，气泡在驻波声场作用下或者向压力波节点运动或者向压力波腹点运动，取决于气泡尺寸与共振尺寸的关系。     

Roughness-trapped shear horizontal surface acoustic waves

Shear horizontal surface acoustic waves do not exist on the flat surface of a semi-infinite elastic medium. It has been shown by several authors recently that such waves can exist on a periodically corrugated, planar surface. We show here on the basis of the Rayleigh method that shear horizontal surface acoustic waves exist on a randomly rough planar surface of an isotropic elastic medium. These waves are only weakly localized to the surface and they have a lifetime that is long due to their roughness-induced scattering into other surface acoustic waves and into bulk waves.     

Calculation of acoustic scattering of a nonrigid surface using physical acoustic method

In this paper the physical acoustic method or the Kirchhoff approxima-tion is extended to treat the scattering of a nonrigid surface in order to estimatethe target strength of targets with absorbing coatings.By using the locally planewave approximation,the relationship between the sound pressure and its normalderivative on the surface can be represented by the plane wave reflectioncoefficient and the acoustic impedance of the surface.The resulting modifiedKirchhoff approximation involves the plane wave reflection coefficient.For aimpedance sphere,a comparison between the physical acoustic method and theexact solution shows that the physical acoustic method still is a good approxima-tion at higher κα values.     

Propagation of pulse pseudorandom signals from a shelf into shallow water in winter hydrological conditions of the Sea of Japan

The paper discusses the results of an experiment conducted in the Sea of Japan in March 2016 on an acoustic track 194 km long under winter hydrological conditions. We have studied the most complex case of propagation of pulse pseudorandom signals from the shelf into shallow water during vortex generation on the acoustic track. Analysis of the experimentally obtained pulse characteristics have shown that the maximum first approach of acoustic energy recorded at all points agrees well with the calculation. This testifies to the fact that at a given reception depth, the first to arrive are pulses that have passed in the near-surface sound channel over the shortest distance and at small angles close to zero. We propose a technique for calculating the mean sound velocity on the track from satellite monitoring data on the surface temperature, which makes it possible to rely on the successful application of the results obtained in acoustic ranging and navigation problems.     

Flat acoustic lens by acoustic grating with curled slits

We design a flat sub-wavelength lens that can focus acoustic wave. We analytically study the transmission through an acoustic grating with curled slits, which can serve as a material with tunable impedance and refractive index for acoustic waves. The effective parameters rely on the geometry of the slits and are independent of frequency. A flat acoustic focusing lens by such acoustic grating with gradient effective refractive index is designed. The focusing effect is clearly observed in simulations and well predicted by the theory. We demonstrate that despite the large impedance mismatch between the acoustic lens and the matrix, the intensity at the focal point is still high due to Fabry–Perot resonance.     

Focal transformation and the Gouy phase shift of converging one-cycle surface acoustic waves excited by femtosecond laser pulses

We studied the changes of the pulse shape and the phase of the spectral components in converging-surface acoustic wave pulses. These pulses were excited with a femtosecond laser by a thermoelastic mechanism. To produce converging acoustic pulses, the laser beam was focused with an axicon in a circle on the surface of an aluminum sample. During propagation through the focus, the shape of the pulses of the normal surface velocity changed from two to three polar. The absolute value of the phase of the spectral components experienced a change close to pi/2 rad (Gouy phase shift) after passage of the focal region. These observations were confirmed by analytical and numerical calculations based on the two-dimensional wave equation for surface acoustic waves.     

Generation of acoustic surface waves on GaAs by photoexcitation

In the experiments reported here we observed the generation of non-thermal, large amplitude acoustic surface waves at GHz frequencies on the surface of a GaAs crystal under intense illumination with 514.5 nm radiation from an Ar⁺ laser at room temperature. The acoustic surface waves were detected by optical Brillouin spectroscopy.     

A model for sonar interrogation of complex bottom and surface targets in shallow-water waveguides

Many problems of current interest in underwater acoustics involve low-frequency broadband sonar interrogation of objects near the sea surface or sea floor of a shallow-water environment. When the target is situated near the upper or lower boundary of the water column the acoustic interactions with the target objects are complicated by interactions with the nearby free surface or fluid-sediment interface, respectively. A practical numerical method to address such situations is presented. The model provides high levels of accuracy with the flexibility to handle complex, three-dimensional targets in range-independent environments. The model is demonstrated using several bottom target scenarios, with and without locally undulating seabeds. The impact of interface and boundary interactions is considered with an eye toward using the sonar return signal as the basis for acoustic imaging or spectral classification.