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We employ a millimeter-scale piezoelectric acoustic actuator, which generates MHz-frequency surface acoustic waves (SAWs) in a solid substrate, to actively coat a drop of water by a macroscopic film of silicon oil as a paradigm for a small…
We present a theoretical study, supported by simulations and experiments, on the spreading of a silicone oil drop under MHz-frequency surface acoustic wave (SAW) excitation in the underlying solid substrate. Our time-dependent theoretical…
Oil and water placed atop of a solid surface respond differently to a MHz-level surface acoustic wave (SAW) propagating in the solid due to their different surface wetting properties. We observe that, under SAW excitation, oil films,…
We use both theory and experiment to study the response of {\it partially wetting} films of water and surfactant solutions to a propagating MHz vibration in the solid substrate in the form of a Rayleigh surface acoustic wave (SAW). The SAW…
Surface acoustic waves (SAWs) have emerged as innovative and energy-efficient means to manipulate domain walls (DWs) and skyrmions in thin films with perpendicular magnetic anisotropy (PMA) owing to the magnetoelastic coupling effect. This…
A thin-film model for a meniscus driven by Rayleigh surface acoustic waves (SAW) is analysed, a problem closely related to the classical Landau-Levich or dragged-film problem where a plate is withdrawn at constant speed from a bath. We…
Surface acoustic wave (SAW) devices form an important class of acoustofluidic devices, in which the acoustic waves are generated and propagate along the surface of a piezoelectric substrate. Despite their wide-spread use, only a few fully…
Surface acoustic waves (SAWs) are a versatile tool for coherently interfacing with a variety of solid-state quantum systems spanning microwave to optical frequencies, including superconducting qubits, spins, and quantum emitters. Here, we…
In a thin film of superconducting YBCO the impact of surface acoustic waves (SAWs) traveling on the piezoelectric substrate is investigated. A pronounced interaction between the ultrasonic waves and the vortex system in the type II…
Surface Acoustic Wave gas sensors have garnered increasing attention as highly sensitive, miniaturized, and wireless compatible platforms for molecular detection. Their unique ability to convert surface perturbations into measurable…
Elastic waves propagating in piezoelectric materials are accompanied by a time-varying electric potential, which is of critical importance for acousto-electronic applications. The spatial mapping of such a potential at microwave frequencies…
Surface acoustic waves (SAWs), coherent vibrational modes localized at solid surfaces, have been employed to manipulate and detect electronic and magnetic states in condensed-matter systems via strain. SAWs are commonly excited in a…
We investigate the propagation of surface acoustic waves (SAWs) in a layered half-space system comprising a continuous, sub-wavelength-thick layer weakly adhering to a substrate. Using finite element simulations, we demonstrate that this…
Coherent gigahertz-frequency surface acoustic waves (SAWs) traveling on the surface of a piezoelectric crystal can, via the magnetoelastic interaction, resonantly excite traveling spin waves in an adjacent thin-film ferromagnet. These…
We study the coupling mechanism of surface acoustic waves (SAW) with spin waves (SW) using micromagnetic analysis. The SAW magnetoacoustic excitation field is fully implemented, i.e., all strain and lattice-rotation terms are included. A…
High frequency acoustic devices based on two-dimensional (2D) materials are unique platforms to design and manipulate the spatiotemporal response of acoustic waves for next-generation sensing and contactless actuation applications.…
The electromotive forces induced by surface acoustic waves (SAWs) are investigated in ferromagnetic thin films. CoFeB thin films deposited on LiNbO$_3$ substrates are patterned into Hall-bars to study the acoustoelectric transport…
Surface acoustic waves (SAWs) traveling on the surface of a piezoelectric crystal can, through the magnetoelastic interaction, excite traveling spin-wave resonance in a magnetic film deposited on the substrate. This spin-wave resonance in…
A Rayleigh-type surface acoustic wave (SAW) is used in various fields as classical and quantum information carriers because of its surface localization, high electrical controllability, and low propagation loss. Coupling and hybridization…
In this work, topological resonance behaviors of surface acoustic waves (SAW) under a surface liquid-layer loading are investigated. By revealing influences of the liquid-layer loading on wave velocity of SAW and topological indices (Berry…