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Interaction of a Contact Resonance of Microspheres with Surface Acoustic Waves
We study the interaction of surface acoustic waves (SAWs) with a contact-based vibrational resonance of 1 μm silica microspheres forming a two-dimensional granular crystal adhered to a substrate. The laser-induced transient grating technique is used to excite SAWs and measure their dispersion. The measured dispersion curves exhibit "avoided crossing" behavior …