Abstract
We have observed in superfluid B3 two-phonon absorption, which is one of the nonlinear effects recently predicted by McKenzie and Sauls. The J=2+ real squashing mode was excited with two coincident sound pulses at the temperature T+, fsignal+fpump=frsq(T+), under 0, 2.7, and 3.5 bars pressure. The heights of the attenuation peaks scale almost linearly with the energy of the higher-intensity wave, in qualitative agreement with the theory. Furthermore, a satellite peak appears even in zero magnetic field, which originates from the reflected wave.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 3152-3155 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| Journal | Physical Review Letters |
| Volume | 66 |
| Issue number | 24 |
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| Publication status | Published - 1991 |
| MoE publication type | A1 Journal article-refereed |