Three component vibrational time reversal communication

Journal Article · Thu Jan 01 04:00:00 UTC 2015 · Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1121/1.4920900 · OSTI ID:1246346

Anderson, Brian E. ^[1]; Ulrich, Timothy J. ^[1]; Ten Cate, James A. ^[1]

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1. Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)

Time reversal provides an optimal prefilter matched signal to apply to a communication signal before signal transmission. Time reversal allows compensation for wave speed dispersion and can function well in reverberant environments. Time reversal can be used to focus elastic energy to each of the three components of motion independently. A pipe encased in concrete was used to demonstrate the ability to conduct communications of information using three component time reversal. Furthermore, the ability of time reversal to compensate for multi-path distortion (overcoming reverberation) will be demonstrated and the rate of signal communication will be presented. [The U.S. Department of Energy, through the LANL/LDRD Program, is gratefully acknowledged for supporting this work.]

• Research Organization: Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• Grant/Contract Number: AC52-06NA25396
• OSTI ID: 1246346
• Report Number(s): LA-UR--15-20115
• Journal Information: Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, Journal Name: Journal of the Acoustical Society of America Journal Issue: 4 Vol. 137; ISSN 0001-4966; ISSN JASMAN
• Publisher: Acoustical Society of AmericaCopyright Statement
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English