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Title: Demonstration of a directional sonic prism in two dimensions using an air-acoustic leaky wave antenna

Abstract

Analysis and experimental demonstration of a two-dimensional acoustic leaky wave antenna is presented for use in air. The antenna is comprised of a two-dimensional waveguide patterned with radiating acoustic shunts. When excited using a single acoustic source within the waveguide, the antenna acts as a sonic prism that exhibits frequency steering. This design allows for control of acoustic steering angle using only a single source transducer and a patterned aperture. Aperture design was determined using transmission line analysis and finite element methods. The designed antenna was fabricated and the steering angle measured. The performance of the measured aperture was within 9% of predicted angle magnitudes over all examined frequencies.

Authors:
; ;  [1];  [2]
  1. U.S. Naval Research Laboratory, Code 7165, Washington, DC 20375 (United States)
  2. National Research Associateship Program, U.S. Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, DC 20375 (United States)
Publication Date:
OSTI Identifier:
22482183
Resource Type:
Journal Article
Journal Name:
Applied Physics Letters
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 107; Journal Issue: 13; Other Information: (c) 2015 AIP Publishing LLC; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); Journal ID: ISSN 0003-6951
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS; AIR; ANTENNAS; APERTURES; DESIGN; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; POWER TRANSMISSION LINES; PRISMS; TRANSDUCERS; WAVEGUIDES

Citation Formats

Naify, Christina J., E-mail: christina.naify@nrl.navy.mil, Rohde, Charles A., Calvo, David C., Orris, Gregory J., and Guild, Matthew D. Demonstration of a directional sonic prism in two dimensions using an air-acoustic leaky wave antenna. United States: N. p., 2015. Web. doi:10.1063/1.4932173.
Naify, Christina J., E-mail: christina.naify@nrl.navy.mil, Rohde, Charles A., Calvo, David C., Orris, Gregory J., & Guild, Matthew D. Demonstration of a directional sonic prism in two dimensions using an air-acoustic leaky wave antenna. United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4932173
Naify, Christina J., E-mail: christina.naify@nrl.navy.mil, Rohde, Charles A., Calvo, David C., Orris, Gregory J., and Guild, Matthew D. 2015. "Demonstration of a directional sonic prism in two dimensions using an air-acoustic leaky wave antenna". United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4932173.
@article{osti_22482183,
title = {Demonstration of a directional sonic prism in two dimensions using an air-acoustic leaky wave antenna},
author = {Naify, Christina J., E-mail: christina.naify@nrl.navy.mil and Rohde, Charles A. and Calvo, David C. and Orris, Gregory J. and Guild, Matthew D.},
abstractNote = {Analysis and experimental demonstration of a two-dimensional acoustic leaky wave antenna is presented for use in air. The antenna is comprised of a two-dimensional waveguide patterned with radiating acoustic shunts. When excited using a single acoustic source within the waveguide, the antenna acts as a sonic prism that exhibits frequency steering. This design allows for control of acoustic steering angle using only a single source transducer and a patterned aperture. Aperture design was determined using transmission line analysis and finite element methods. The designed antenna was fabricated and the steering angle measured. The performance of the measured aperture was within 9% of predicted angle magnitudes over all examined frequencies.},
doi = {10.1063/1.4932173},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/22482183}, journal = {Applied Physics Letters},
issn = {0003-6951},
number = 13,
volume = 107,
place = {United States},
year = {Mon Sep 28 00:00:00 EDT 2015},
month = {Mon Sep 28 00:00:00 EDT 2015}
}