Acoustic effects on nonlinear optical processes

We studied the effects of two types of ultrasonic waves, shear waves and longitudinal waves, using two nonlinear optical techniques, second-harmonic generation and hyper-Rayleigh scattering. Since shear waves hardly propagate in liquids, their influence on molecules at the interface between a surface and a liquid was studied using second...

Locating cavities using ghost scattered waves in a scale-model experiment

The investigation and detection of near-surface structures (cavities, caves, tunnels, mineshafts, buried objects, archeological ruins, water reservoir, etc.) is important to mitigate geo- and environmental hazards. We use a method inspired by seismic interferometry to estimate the location of a cavity in a scaled ultrasonic experiment,...

Medium characterization from interface-wave impedance and ellipticity using simultaneous displacement and pressure measurements

The interface-wave impedance and ellipticity are wave attributes that interrelate the full waveforms as observed in different components. For each of the fluid/elastic-solid interface waves, i.e., the pseudo-Rayleigh (pR) and Stoneley (St) waves, the impedance and ellipticity are found to have different functional dependencies on Young’s modulus...