Acoustic Surface Evanescent Wave and its Dominant Contribution to Extraordinary Acoustic Transmission and Collimation of Sound
Year: 2010
Type: article
Abstract: We demonstrate both theoretically and experimentally the physical mechanism that underlies extraordinary acoustic transmission and collimation of sound through a one-dimensional decorated plate. A microscopic theory considers the total field as the sum of the scattered waves by every periodically aligned groove on the plate, which divides the total field into far-field radiative cylindrical waves and acoustic surface evanescent waves (ASEWs). Different from the well-known acoustic surface waves like Rayleigh waves and Lamb waves, ASEW is closely analogous to a surface plasmon polariton in the optical case. By mapping the total field, the experiments well confirm the theoretical calculations with ASEWs excited. The establishment of the concept of ASEW provides a new route for the integration of subwavelength acoustic devices with a structured solid surface.
Source: Physical Review Letters
Authors: Yu Zhou, Ming-Hui Lu, Liang Feng, Xu Ni, Yan-Feng Chen, Yong-Yuan Zhu, Shi-Ning Zhu, Nai-Ben Ming
Language: English
Subfield: Acoustics and Ultrasonics
Field: Physics and Astronomy
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2314700905