Study of Optical Sound Generation and Amplification.

Abstract

This project involves four separate tasks with the following titles: Task I Generation of low frequency sound from optical pulses; Task II Propagation of sound through a gas with an overpopulation of vibrationally excited states; Task III Opto-acoustic studies in liquids and Task IV Nonlinear oscillation of gas bubbles. The first three tasks, funded by the physics division of ONR, represent a three pronged study of the generation of sound by the absorption of light. The fourth task, funded by the mathematics division of ONR, is a continuing study of cavitation in liquids. Keywords include: Acoustic amplification; and opto-acoustic effect.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 01, 1985
Accession Number
ADA160758

Entities

People

  • F. Douglas Shields
  • H. E. Bass
  • L. A. Crum

Organizations

  • University of Mississippi

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acoustic Propagation
  • Acoustic Signals
  • Acoustics
  • Amplitude
  • Cavitation
  • Contracts
  • Dynamics
  • Frequency
  • Measurement
  • Military Research
  • Mississippi
  • Physical Properties
  • Scattering
  • Sound Waves
  • Ultrasonics
  • Ultrasounds
  • Universities

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Acoustical Oceanography.
  • Molecular Photonics/Laser Physics
  • Technical Research and Report Writing.