Robust Acoustic Time Reversal with High-Order Multiple Scattering
- 4 December 1995
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters
- Vol. 75 (23) , 4206-4209
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.75.4206
Abstract
We report the first experiments showing the reversibility of transient acoustic waves through high-order multiple scattering by means of an acoustic time-reversal mirror. A point source generates a pulse which scatters through 2000 steel rods immersed in water. The time-reversed waves are found to converge to their source and recover their original wave form, despite the high order of multiple scattering involved and the usual sensitivity to initial conditions of time-reversal processes. Surprisingly, the observed resolution was one-sixth of the theoretical limit for the mirror's aperture.Keywords
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