1-way Transmission System for Sound Waves (IMAGE)

California Institute of Technology

1-way Transmission System for Sound Waves

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The nonlinearity and asymmetry present in this chain of compressed spheres can transform vibrations of one frequency, applied at one end of the chain, to vibrations with broadband frequency content leading to rectification. The amplitude of the vibrations are shown by the height of the peaks.

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Chiara Daraio / Caltech

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