Barbecue grill approach helps researchers understand puzzling Rayleigh–Bloch waves
So-called Rayleigh–Bloch waves can release an enormous amount of energy that can damage technical systems under certain ...
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Exotic waves with concrete effects: Interdisciplinary study published in ‘Nature communications physics’
Chaplain, G.J., Hawkins, S.C., Peter, M.A. et al., Acoustic lattice resonances and generalised Rayleigh-Bloch waves. Commun Phys 8, 37 (2025): https://doi.org/10.1038/s42005-025-01950-4 ...
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Acousto-optic devices
Because the grating is continuously moving, the output light has a frequency shift equal to the frequency of the sound wave. This grating can therefore be used either to steer a beam, modulate its ...