Acoustic flat lensing using an indefinite medium
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Journal Article
Abstract
Acoustic flat lensing is achieved here by tuning a phononic array to have indefinite medium behavior in a narrow frequency spectral region along the acoustic branch in the irreducible Brillouin zone (IBZ). This is confirmed by the occurrence of a flat band along an unusual path in the IBZ and by interpreting the intersection point of isofrequency contours on the corresponding isofrequency surface; coherent directive collimated beams are formed whose reflection from the array surfaces create lensing. Theoretical predictions using a mass-spring lattice approximation of the phononic crystal (PC) are corroborated by time-domain experiments, airborne acoustic waves generated by a source with a frequency centered about 10.6 kHz, placed at three different distances from one side of a finite PC slab, constructed from polymeric spheres, yielding distinctive focal spots on the other side. These experiments evaluate the pressure field using optical feedback interferometry and demonstrate precise control of the three-dimensional wave trajectory through a sonic crystal.
Date Issued
2019-03-13
Date Acceptance
2019-03-01
Citation
Physical Review B: Condensed Matter and Materials Physics, 2019, 99 (10)
ISSN
1098-0121
Publisher
American Physical Society
Journal / Book Title
Physical Review B: Condensed Matter and Materials Physics
Volume
99
Issue
10
Sponsor
The Leverhulme Trust
Multiwave Innovation S.A.S
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Grant Number
RPG-2016-365
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Subjects
Science & Technology
Technology
Physical Sciences
Materials Science, Multidisciplinary
Physics, Applied
Physics, Condensed Matter
Materials Science
Physics
SCATTERING
FIELDS
WAVES
Publication Status
Published
Article Number
ARTN 100301
Date Publish Online
2019-03-13