Spectral properties of thermalfluctuations on simple liquid surfacesbelow shot-noise levels
Spectral properties of thermalfluctuations on simple liquid surfacesbelow shot-noise levels
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散粒噪声水平以下简单液体表面热波动的光谱特性
DOI:
10.1103/physreve.86.011602
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发表时间:
2012
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通讯作者:
Takahisa Mitsui
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作者:
Kenichiro Aoki;Takahisa Mitsui
We study the spectral properties of thermal fluctuations on simple liquid surfaces, sometimes called ripplons. Analytical properties of the spectral function are investigated and are shown to be composed of regions with simple analytic behavior with respect to the frequency or the wave number. The derived expressions are compared to spectral measurements performed orders of magnitude below shot-noise levels, which is achieved using a novel noise reduction method. The agreement between the theory of thermal surface fluctuations and the experiment is found to be excellent, elucidating the spectral properties of the surface fluctuations. The measurement method requires relatively only a small sample both spatially (fewm) and temporally (s). The method also requires relatively weak light power (mW) so that it has a broad range of applicability, including local measurements, investigations of time-dependent phenomena, and noninvasive measurements.