Using Ultrasonic Atomization to Produce an Aerosol of Micron-scale Particles

Authors

Thomas D. Donnelly, Harvey Mudd CollegeFollow
J. Hogan '03, Harvey Mudd CollegeFollow
A. Mugler '04, Harvey Mudd CollegeFollow
M. Schubmehl '02, Harvey Mudd CollegeFollow
N. Schommer '04, Harvey Mudd CollegeFollow
Andrew J. Bernoff, Harvey Mudd CollegeFollow
S. Dasnurkar, University of Texas at Austin
T. Ditmire, University of Texas at Austin

Student Co-author

HMC Undergraduate

Document Type

Article

Department

Mathematics (HMC), Physics (HMC)

Publication Date

11-9-2005

Abstract

A device that uses ultrasonic atomization of a liquid to produce an aerosol of micron-scale droplets is described. This device represents a new approach to producing targets relevant to laser-driven fusion studies, and to rare studies of nonlinear optics in which wavelength-scale targets are irradiated. The device has also made possible tests of fluid dynamics models in a novel phase space. The distribution of droplet sizes produced by the device and the threshold power required for droplet production are shown to follow scaling laws predicted by fluid dynamics.

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Rights Information

© 2005 American Institute of Physics

DOI

10.1063/1.2130336

Recommended Citation

Using ultrasonic atomization to produce an aerosol of micron-scale particles. T. D. Donnelly, J. Hogan, A. Mugler, M. Schubmehl, N. Schommer, A. J. Bernoff, S. Dasnurkar, and T. Ditmire, Rev. Sci. Instrum. 76, 113301 (2005).