Parametric amplification of ultrasound in ferromagnetic piezoelectric composites at the vicinity of the orientational phase transition

Abstract

Abstract Direct parametrical amplification of ultrasound was theoretically considered for the ferromagnetic/piezoelectric thin-layered structure composites, for which within the long-wavelength approach some, material specific, yet homogeneous bulk properties could be assumed. Having chosen appropriate homogeneous components, it is possible to construct a desirable composite with such properties that are absent in the starting-up “building blocks” (components). Sound frequencies are assumed to be such that only the dispersion due to magnetic subsystem is thought relevant; the piezoelectric components are set to have a nonlinear dielectric response. Presence of orientational phase transition for the ferromagnetic subsystem allows to vary frequency of a ferromagnetic resonance, and consequently to alter the dispersion at the chosen frequency of sound. While solving coupled equations describing dynamics of mechanical, magnetic and piezoelectric subsystems, an effective sound amplification for realistic values of physical parameters is shown possible.