Single Bubble Sonoluminescence

Wednesday, April 4, 2001 4:00 p.m. Dr. Lawrence A. Crum Center for Industrial and Medical Ultrasound Applied Physics Laboratory University of Washington http://www.apl.washington.edu/EmployeeProfiles/RPD/crum.html http://www.apl.washington.edu/ When an acoustic wave of moderate pressure amplitude is propagated through an aqueous liquid, light emissions can be observed. This conversion of mechanical energy into electromagnetic energy is called Sonoluminescence (SL)…