Gas Bubble Photonics: Manipulating Sonoluminescence Light with Fluorescent and Plasmonic Nanoparticles

Oscillations of gas bubbles in liquids irradiated with acoustic pressure waves may result an intriguing physical phenomenon called sonoluminescence, where a collapsing bubble emits the broad optical spectral range. However, intensity so-generated light is typically weak for practical purposes. Recently, it has been demonstrated that nanoparticles can be used to increase efficiency thereby enabling one generate intense enough number applications photonics, biomedicine, and materials science. In this article, we review latest achievements field nanoparticle-enhanced sonoluminescence showcase perspectives their applications.