Acoustic Bottle Beams (IMAGE)

DOE/Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Acoustic Bottle Beams

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This animation shows the self-bending dynamics and obstacle-circumventing capabilities of the acoustic bottle field compared to a Gaussian beam. Sound energy can be seen flowing through the curved shell of the bottle.

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Courtesy of Xiang Zhang group

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