title: Note: Attenuation motion of acoustically levitated spherical rotor.
abstract: Here we observe the attenuation motion of spherical rotors levitated by near-field acoustic radiation force and analyze the factors that affect the duration time of free rotation. It is found that the rotating speed of freely rotating rotor decreases exponentially with respect to time. The time constant of exponential attenuation motion depends mainly on the levitation height, the mass of rotor, and the depth of concave ultrasound emitter. Large levitation height, large mass of rotor, and small depth of concave emitter are beneficial to increase the time constant and hence extend the duration time of free rotation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Applied Physics, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an 710072, China.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Lü
authors.affiliation: Department of Applied Physics, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an 710072, China.
authors.forename: Z Y
authors.initials: ZY
authors.lastname: Hong
authors.affiliation: Department of Applied Physics, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an 710072, China.
authors.forename: J F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Yin
authors.affiliation: Department of Applied Physics, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an 710072, China.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Yan
authors.affiliation: Department of Applied Physics, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an 710072, China.
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Zhai
authors.affiliation: Department of Applied Physics, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an 710072, China.
authors.forename: H P
authors.initials: HP
authors.lastname: Wang