Simulating acoustic coherent backscattering enhancement from random aggregations of omnidirectional scatterers

The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America
Adaleena Mookerjee, David R Dowling

Abstract

Coherent backscatter enhancement (CBE) is a multiple scattering phenomenon that can lead to a doubling of the backscattered field intensity from a random aggregation of scatterers. It may be useful for remote sensing of scatterer aggregations, such as fish schools. This paper presents simulations of acoustic CBE from randomly placed omnidirectional point scatterers based on Foldy's field equations. The simulations are verified and validated through comparisons with Bragg scattering and Foldy's effective-medium theory, assessments of acoustic energy conservation, and comparisons with prior optical and acoustical CBE results. To make CBE comparisons with prior optics results, a CBE coherence function was postulated to account for resolution differences between the optics and simulation studies. For the higher-resolution optics studies, the postulated coherence function yields a CBE of 1.68, which matches optical CBE measurements. For the lower-resolution simulations, the same coherence function yields a CBE of 1.034, which agrees with appropriately extrapolated CBE simulation results, 1.030 ± 0.005. Assuming comparable resolution, the acoustics experiment and simulations both produce a CBE of approximately 1.5. The CBE peak is fo...Continue Reading

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