Trapping an Intensely Bright, Stable Sonoluminescing Bubble

R. URTEAGA, F.J. BONETTO

PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

American Physical Society

Lugar: New York, EEUU; Año: 2008 vol. 100 p. 7430201 - 7430204

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Previous works on single bubble sonoluminescence in sulfuric acid solutions have stressed the fact that the sonoluminescence (SL) emissions are the highest ever found, but at the same time the bubble moves in orbits. We have fixed the SL bubble spatially and at the same time we have reached higher SL emissions using another harmonic acoustic signal to produce the acoustic excitation. Multiple harmonic excitation produces up to a fourfold increase in SL emissions, reaching the peak value of about 40 _Wfor a moving bubble and 15 _W for a nonmoving bubble. The ability to have a bright stationary bubble also opens new research opportunities. In particular, we develop a new method to measure the absolute radius evolution of the bubble that exploits this stability.