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This paper presents a numerical and an experimental procedure to obtain the pressure field in single-axis acoustic levitators. Numerically, the pressure field is determined by a matrix method based on the Rayleigh integral that take into account the multiple wave reflections that occur between the transducer and the reflector. The numerical pressure field is compared with the acoustic pressure measured by an earplug microphone, that is connected to a hollow needle. The tip of the needle is moved by a µm translation stage through the field and the signal is recorded using a lock-in amplifier locked to the levitator frequency. The pressure field obtained numerically show good agreement with that obtained experimentally.
A novel method for predictions of the sound pressure distribution in acoustic levitators is based on a matrix representation of the Rayleigh integral. This method allows for a fast calculation of the acoustic field within the resonator. To make sure that the underlying assumptions and simplifications are justified, this approach was tested by a direct comparison to experimental data. The experimental sound pressure distributions were recorded by high spatially resolved frequency selective microphone scanning. To emphasize the general applicability of the two approaches, the comparative studies were conducted for four different resonator geometries. In all cases, the results show an excellent agreement, demonstrating the accuracy of the matrix method.