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Diffusion depth scales proportionally with wavelength, so lower frequencies demand deeper surfaces

Diffusion depth scales proportionally with wavelength, so lower frequencies demand deeper surfaces

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Diffusion depth scales proportionally with wavelength, so lower frequencies demand deeper surfaces

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  • Even quarter-wavelength diffuser depths are too large for low frequencies (similarity 0.89)
  • Diffuser depth sets a lower frequency below which no scattering occurs. (similarity 0.85)
  • Effective sound diffusers ideally need no physical depth at all. (similarity 0.82)
  • Effective sound diffusion demands surface depths proportional to the target wavelength (similarity 0.82)
  • Acoustic diffusion needs surface bumps sized between an eighth and a half wavelength (similarity 0.81)
  • Practical diffusers need depth set by wavelength of the lowest frequency treated (similarity 0.79)
  • More diffraction occurs for longer-wavelength, lower-frequency sound (similarity 0.78)
  • Each open-end reflection filters out high frequencies until the fundamental remains (similarity 0.78)

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  • Diffusion depth scales proportionally with wavelength, so lower frequencies demand deeper surfaces
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  • Acoustic diffusion needs surface bumps sized between an eighth and a half wavelength
  • Effective low-frequency diffusion requires physically deep wells, about 34 cm for 500 Hz
  • Effective sound diffusion demands surface depths proportional to the target wavelength
  • Even quarter-wavelength diffuser depths are too large for low frequencies
  • Practical diffusers need depth set by wavelength of the lowest frequency treated
  • Reflection from rough surfaces smooths detail once wavelengths exceed roughness
  • fNIRS imaging depth is about half the source-detector separation distance