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Oscillations, Waves, and Interactions - GWDG

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158 W. Lauterborn et al.<br />

laser pulse<br />

130 fs<br />

mirror<br />

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xenon flash lamp<br />

water−filled<br />

insonated<br />

cuvette<br />

long distance<br />

microscope<br />

blocking filter<br />

mirror diverter<br />

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CCD camera<br />

cooled<br />

PMT<br />

Figure 21. Experimental<br />

setup for studying the dynamics<br />

of laser-generated<br />

bubbles in an ultrasonic<br />

field.<br />

ble. Even at the rather moderate acoustic driving pressures (∼1.2 to 1.4 bar) used in<br />

stable single bubble sonoluminescence experiments a high degree of energy focussing<br />

is obtained, leading to temperatures at the bubble center in excess of 10000 K. By<br />

employing optic cavitation in a sound field, much higher acoustic pressures up to the<br />

cavitation threshold in the liquid can be utilized for driving the bubble.<br />

Then, under suitable conditions, the bubble’s energy available for collapse is mainly<br />

supplied by the sound field <strong>and</strong> not by the laser pulse, <strong>and</strong> is only limited by the<br />

maximum radius the bubble can grow to in the negative-pressure phase of the acoustic<br />

oscillation without getting unstable. As an example, in Fig. 22 the dynamics of<br />

a femtosecond-laser-generated bubble in water without acoustic excitation (top left)<br />

is compared with the case where a bubble generated with the same laser pulse parameters<br />

is exposed to a sound field of moderate amplitude (pa =159 kPa, right).<br />

Figure 22. Top: fs-laser-generated<br />

bubble in water without sound field.<br />

Frame separation: 200 ns, collapse<br />

time ≈ 2.2 µs, maximum bubble size<br />

≈ 30 µm×55 µm. The bubble is elongated<br />

due to self-focussing of the laser<br />

pulse. Right: bubble generated at<br />

the same conditions in a sound field<br />

of pa ≈ 159 kPa <strong>and</strong> fa ≈ 44 kHz.<br />

Frame separation: 800 ns. Maximum<br />

bubble diameter ≈ 100 µm, collapse<br />

time ≈ 15 µs.

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