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Acoustic, Phononic, Brillouin Light Scattering and Faraday Wave Based Frequency Combs: Physical Foundations and Applications

Version 1 : Received: 30 April 2022 / Approved: 4 May 2022 / Online: 4 May 2022 (11:50:25 CEST)

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Maksymov, I.S.; Huy Nguyen, B.Q.; Pototsky, A.; Suslov, S.A. Acoustic, Phononic, Brillouin Light Scattering and Faraday Wave-Based Frequency Combs: Physical Foundations and Applications. Sensors 2022, 22, 3921. Maksymov, I.S.; Huy Nguyen, B.Q.; Pototsky, A.; Suslov, S.A. Acoustic, Phononic, Brillouin Light Scattering and Faraday Wave-Based Frequency Combs: Physical Foundations and Applications. Sensors 2022, 22, 3921.

Abstract

Frequency combs (FCs)—spectra containing equidistant coherent peaks—have enabled researchers and engineers to measure the frequencies of complex signals with high precision thereby revolutionising the areas of sensing, metrology and communications and also benefiting the fundamental science. Although mostly optical FCs have found widespread applications thus far, in general FCs can be generated using waves other than light. Here, we review and summarise recent achievements in the emergent field of acoustic frequency combs (AFCs) including phononic FCs and relevant acousto-optical, Brillouin light scattering and Faraday wave-based techniques that have enabled the development of phonon lasers, quantum computers and advanced vibration sensors. In particular, our discussion is centred around potential applications of AFCs in precision measurements in various physical, chemical and biological systems in conditions, where using light, and hence optical FCs, faces technical and fundamental limitations, which is, for example, the case in underwater distance measurements and biomedical imaging applications. This review article will also be of interest to readers seeking a discussion of specific theoretical aspects of different classes of AFCs. To that end, we support the mainstream discussion by the results of our original analysis and numerical simulations that can be used to design the spectra of AFCs generated using oscillations of gas bubbles in liquids, vibrations of liquid drops and plasmonic enhancement of Brillouin light scattering in metal nanostructures. We also discuss the application of non-toxic room-temperature liquid-metal alloys in the field of AFC generation.

Keywords

acoustic frequency comb; phononic frequency comb; vibrations, nonlinear acoustics; acousto-optics; gas bubbles; liquid drops; Faraday waves; Brillouin light scattering; plasmonics; liquid metals

Subject

Physical Sciences, Acoustics

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