Researchers at the University of Rochester, including optics graduate students Arjun Iyer (foreground) and Wendao Xu, designed acoustic cavities, or tiny echo chambers, to strongly couple surface ...

The study of surface acoustic wave (SAW) sensors and devices encompasses a vibrant field in modern engineering and physics, where acoustic waves propagating along the surface of a piezoelectric ...

Each VPU contains an acoustic sensor which is housed within a hermetically sealed chamber that blocks out all ambient noise. As a result, when a VPU is placed on a surface such as a tabletop, it is ...

Engineers have learned how to create tiny earthquakes on a microchip—and it could change how smartphones are built. Engineers ...

Researchers at the University of Gothenburg have developed a novel Ising machine that utilizes surface acoustic waves as an ...

Surface acoustic wave (SAW) filters already fill our mobile devices, but a new breakthrough finds a way to make them smaller, potentially leading to even more compact devices.

(Nanowerk News) A unique propagation phenomenon of acoustic waves has been discovered, paving the way for developing advanced communication technologies using acoustic devices. The research was led by ...

Infectious diseases afflict millions of people every year. These hard-hitting viruses can rapidly sweep through populations and, in some cases, whole continents in a matter of weeks. Identifying and ...

A new technology that generates tiny, earthquake-like effects could shake up the wireless device industry with smaller, less ...

Modern cellular and other wireless communication devices require extensive filter banks to provide isolation to the multitude of operating frequency bands not present in modern wireless devices.

Surface Acoustic Wave (SAW) devices represent a class of sensors that exploit the propagation of acoustic waves through piezoelectric substrates to detect changes in mechanical and environmental ...

New diffraction phenomenon of acoustic waves. A novel asymmetric diffraction has been achieved using a nano-patterned array of ferromagnets. This demonstration arises from a unique interaction between ...