Nonlinear and quantum optics with whispering gallery resonators

DV Strekalov, C Marquardt, AB Matsko… - Journal of …, 2016 - iopscience.iop.org
Optical whispering gallery modes (WGMs) derive their name from a famous acoustic
phenomenon of guiding a wave by a curved boundary observed nearly a century ago. This …

3D printing of piezoelectric element for energy focusing and ultrasonic sensing

Z Chen, X Song, L Lei, X Chen, C Fei, CT Chiu, X Qian… - Nano Energy, 2016 - Elsevier
Piezoelectric ceramics are currently of considerable interest for their capabilities of
converting compressive/tensile stresses to an electric charge, or vice versa. Because …

Highly localized acoustic streaming and size-selective submicrometer particle concentration using high frequency microscale focused acoustic fields

DJ Collins, Z Ma, Y Ai - Analytical chemistry, 2016 - ACS Publications
Concentration and separation of particles and biological specimens are fundamental
functions of micro/nanofluidic systems. Acoustic streaming is an effective and biocompatible …

Size-dependent piezoelectric and mechanical properties of electrospun P (VDF-TrFE) nanofibers for enhanced energy harvesting

G Ico, A Showalter, W Bosze, SC Gott, BS Kim… - Journal of Materials …, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
Piezoelectricity-based energy harvesting from wasted mechanical energies has garnered an
increasing attention as a clean energy source. Especially, flexible organic piezoelectric …

Gravitational wave detection with high frequency phonon trapping acoustic cavities

M Goryachev, ME Tobar - Physical Review D, 2014 - APS
There are a number of theoretical predictions for astrophysical and cosmological objects,
which emit high frequency (1 0 6-1 0 9 Hz) gravitation waves (GW) or contribute somehow to …

Vibrating membrane with discontinuities for rapid and efficient microfluidic mixing

H Van Phan, MB Coşkun, M Şeşen, G Pandraud… - Lab on a Chip, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
This study presents a novel acoustic mixer comprising of a microfabricated silicon nitride
membrane with a hole etched through it. We show that the introduction of the through hole …

Frequency and time transfer for metrology and beyond using telecommunication network fibres

O Lopez, F Kéfélian, H Jiang… - Comptes …, 2015 - comptes-rendus.academie-sciences …
Frequency metrology has developed considerably over the past ten years and has
benefitted from scientific advances in the areas of atomic laser cooling and femtosecond …

Adaptive background noise bias suppression in contrast-free ultrasound microvascular imaging

R Nayak, M Fatemi, A Alizad - Physics in Medicine & Biology, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
Non-invasive, contrast-free imaging of small vessel blood flow is diagnostically invaluable
for detection, diagnosis and monitoring of disease. Recent advances in ultrafast imaging …

Focusing waves at arbitrary locations in a ray-chaotic enclosure using time-reversed synthetic sonas

B Xiao, TM Antonsen, E Ott, SM Anlage - Physical Review E, 2016 - APS
Time-reversal methods are widely used to achieve wave focusing in acoustics and
electromagnetics. Past time-reversal experiments typically require that a transmitter be …

Ultrasonically synthesized organic liquid-filled chitosan microcapsules: part 2: characterization using AFM (atomic force microscopy) and combined AFM–confocal …

S Mettu, Q Ye, M Zhou, R Dagastine, M Ashokkumar - Soft Matter, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM) is used to measure the stiffness and Young's modulus of
individual microcapsules that have a chitosan cross-linked shell encapsulating tetradecane …