Acoustic scattering by a wire deposited on a planar surface

A. Khelif, B. Djafari Rouhani*, L. Dobrzynski

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Abstract

An exact numerical method has been developed to calculate the Green's function and the dynamical properties of a wire of arbitrary shape near a planar surface. In this paper, we present the first applications of this formalism to the scattering of an incident acoustic plane wave by such a surface perturbation, considering the case of shear horizontal vibrations for an adsorbed wire having a parabolic section and being of the same nature as the substrate. The amplitude of the scattered wave shows a series of enhancement and lowering as a function of the frequency of the incident wave. The angular distribution of the scattered wave is dependent upon the frequency and the incident angle. We also present the local densities of states in the vicinity of this defect which contain well-defined resonances.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1038-1042
Number of pages5
JournalSurface Science
Volume352-354
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 15 May 1996
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Acoustic waves
  • Excitation spectra calculations
  • Green's function methods
  • Surface defects

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