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The measurement of underwater sound with optical diffraction by liquid surface wave

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The objective of this work is to detect underwater sound with light diffracted by liquid surface wave (LSW). An experimental setup for underwater detection with a converter is established. The diffraction patterns by LSW are obtained. By analyzing the fringes, the characteristics of those relating to both amplitude and wavelength of LSW and underwater sound are achieved. Meanwhile, the transformation model of waves from underwater into LSW is proposed. The dependence of the amplitudes on the diameter of the converter is obtained by utilizing droplet-floating model. Finally, a comparison between the model and the experiment supports these observations.

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Acknowledgements

The authors would like to appreciate the support of National Natural Science Foundation of China (51975011), (51605009), Shanghai Agriculture Applied Technology Development Program, China (Project Number: 2019-02-08-00-10-F01117), and National Key Research and Development Project: Special Project of Blue Granary Science and Technology Innovation (Project Number: 2019YFD0900401).

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  1. Faculty of Materials and Manufacturing, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing, China

    Yang Miao, Yuncheng Jiang & Zaihui Qiu

  2. Beijing Key Laboratory of Advanced Manufacturing Technology, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing, China

    Yang Miao

  3. College of Engineering Science and Technology, Shanghai Ocean University, Shanghai, China

    Di Wu

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Miao, Y., Jiang, Y., Qiu, Z. et al. The measurement of underwater sound with optical diffraction by liquid surface wave. Eur. Phys. J. Plus 135, 755 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1140/epjp/s13360-020-00771-4

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