The objective of this paper is to show that time reversal invariance can be exploited in acoustics to create a variety of useful instruments as well as elegant experiments in pure physics.Section 1 is devoted to the description of time reversal cavities and mirrors together with a comparison between time reversal and phase conjugation. To illustrate these concepts, several experiments conducted in multiply scattering media, waveguides and chaotic cavities are presented in section 2. Applications of time reversal mirrors (TRMs) in hydrodynamics are then presented in section 3. Section 4 is devoted to the application of TRMs in pulse echo detection. A complete theory of the iterative time reversal mode is presented. It will be explained how this technique allows for focusing on different targets in a multi-target medium. Another application of pulse echo TRMs is presented in this section: how to achieve resonance in an elastic target? Section 5 explores the medical applications of TRMs in ultrasonic imaging, lithotripsy and hyperthermia and section 6 shows the promising applications of TRMs in nondestructive testing of solid samples.
For pt.II see ibid., vol.39, no.5, p.567-78 (1992). A theoretical model for time-reversal cavities to optimize focusing in homogeneous and inhomogeneous media is described. The concept of the cavity can be understood as the most realistic approximation to an exact three-dimensional (3-D) time-reversal of ultrasonic fields; it is also a generalization of the time-reversal mirrors realized experimentally in the laboratory. The proposed method is based on an approach in the transient regime that is more general than the monochromatic formalism used in optics to analyze the phase conjugation mirrors efficiency. This method uses impulse diffraction theory to obtain the impulse response of the cavity in any inhomogeneous medium. An original interpretation of the limitations due to diffraction observed in wave field propagation in terms of the different waves generated inside the cavity is also proposed. The time-reversal focusing process using a closed cavity in a weakly inhomogeneous medium is compared with more classical techniques to compensate wavefront distortions, thus illustrating the focusing improvement due to the time-reversal method.
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