ملخص: A theoretical model of the sum-frequency wave field produced by a nonlinear acoustic source with three-frequency pumping is reported. The model allows for the dissipation and diffraction of the Gaussian beam. The sum-frequency wave is represented within the second-order approximation as a superposition of two synchronous copropagating waves with equal frequencies. It is shown that the spatial and amplitude–phase characteristics of the sum-frequency wave are affected not only by the amplitude–phase relations in the pumping spectrum, but also by the diffraction-caused variations in amplitudes and phases of the primary waves. This dependence is most clearly seen under the phase exclusion conditions, when the generation of the sum-frequency wave is actually suppressed (excluded) owing to the appropriate choice of the amplitude and phase pumping spectra. The theoretical results are found to agree well with experimental data. The possible practical applications of the phase exclusion conditions are as follows: inspection of inhomogeneous media, detection of objects near interfaces, reduction of nonlinear attenuation, acoustic measurements, etc

لغة: إنجليزية