Demonstration of a high-frequency acoustic barrier with a time-reversal mirror

Abstract

An acoustic barrier has been demonstrated using a time-reversal mirror. The experiments, at 3500 Hz, utilized a source-receiver array, a probe source collocated with a receive array, and an echo repeater to emulate a disturbance. The successful demonstration is based on the idea that a disturbance such as an object between a time-reversal mirror and its focus will significantly disturb the focal region and, in particular, the quiescent region.