Air Bubbles in Water: A Strongly Multiple Scattering Medium for Acoustic Waves

M. Kafesaki; R. S. Penciu; E. N. Economou

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.84.6050

Air Bubbles in Water: A Strongly Multiple Scattering Medium for Acoustic Waves

M. Kafesaki, R. S. Penciu, and E. N. Economou

Phys. Rev. Lett. 84, 6050 – Published 26 June 2000

Abstract

Using a newly developed multiple scattering scheme, we calculate band structure and transmission properties for acoustic waves propagating in bubbly water. We prove that the multiple scattering effects are responsible for the creation of wide gaps in the transmission even in the presence of strong positional and size disorder.

Received 4 November 1999

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.84.6050

Authors & Affiliations

M. Kafesaki^1,*, R. S. Penciu^2,†, and E. N. Economou^1,2

¹Institute of Electronic Structure and Laser, Foundation for Research and Technology Hellas, P.O. Box 1527, 71110, Heraklion, Crete, Greece
²Physics Department, University of Crete, Heraklion, Crete, Greece

^*Present address: Laboratorio de Fisica de Sistemas Pequeños y Nanotecnologia, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas, Serrano 144, 28006 Madrid, Spain.
^†Permanent address: National Institute for Research and Development in Materials Physics, Bucharest, Romania.