Optical Sound Generation and Amplification

Abstract

This task is devoted to optical generation of sound at audible frequencies. The optical source of energy must be modulated to produce a time dependent heating and this time dependent heating is then converted to a pressure variation. We have been considering conversion from light to sound in a gas (classical spectrophone) and at a surface (as observed by Alexander G. Bell) .

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 15, 1983
Accession Number
ADA124015

Entities

People

  • F. Douglas Shields
  • Henry E. Bass
  • Lawrence A. Crum

Organizations

  • University of Mississippi

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acoustic Measurement
  • Acoustic Propagation
  • Acoustic Waves
  • Acoustics
  • Conduction (Heat Transfer)
  • Energy
  • Energy Transfer
  • Frequency
  • Heat Transfer
  • Light Sources
  • Measurement
  • Military Research
  • Physics
  • Sound Waves
  • Standing Waves
  • Thermal Conductivity
  • United States

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Acoustics.
  • Optical Physics and Photonics.
  • Spectroscopy.