Repository logo

Infoscience

  • English
  • French
Log In
Logo EPFL, École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne

Infoscience

  • English
  • French
Log In
  1. Home
  2. Academic and Research Output
  3. Conferences, Workshops, Symposiums, and Seminars
  4. Acoustic topological insulators
 
conference presentation

Acoustic topological insulators

Fleury, Romain  
2016
5th Joint Meeting Acoustical Society of America and Acoustical Society of Japan

The recent discovery of topological states in condensed matter physics has spawned a quest for similar effects in classical physics. Topological insulators are bulk insulators supporting bandgap crossing, chiral edge states that are immune to backscattering caused by defects or disorder. Here, we present the acoustic equivalent of topological insulators, obtaining the analog of the Quantum Hall Effect (QHE) and the Quantum Spin-Hall Effect (QSHE) in acoustic metamaterials with, respectively, broken or preserved time-reversal sym- metry. We demonstrate how our recent results in the field of non-reciprocal acoustics [cf. Science 343 , 516 (2013); Ac. Today. 11 ,14 (2015)] can be used to induce an acoustic version of the QHE in active metamaterials with broken time-reversal symmetry. We also put forward resonant and non-resonant schemes to emulate the Kane-Mele Hamiltonian in completely passive acoustic metamaterials, obtaining the acoustic analog of the QSHE. Our work reveals that topological acoustic metamaterials enable fundamentally new ways of manipulating sound, including one-way, chiral propagation of acoustic waves over broad bandwidth and topological protection against geometry imperfections, impedance mismatches, crystal defects, and local disorder

  • Details
  • Metrics
Type
conference presentation
Author(s)
Fleury, Romain  
Date Issued

2016

Note

Invited talk

Written at

OTHER

EPFL units
LWE  
Event nameEvent placeEvent date
5th Joint Meeting Acoustical Society of America and Acoustical Society of Japan

Honolulu, Hawaii, USA

November 28-December 2, 2016

Available on Infoscience
November 22, 2016
Use this identifier to reference this record
https://infoscience.epfl.ch/handle/20.500.14299/131537
Logo EPFL, École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne
  • Contact
  • infoscience@epfl.ch

  • Follow us on Facebook
  • Follow us on Instagram
  • Follow us on LinkedIn
  • Follow us on X
  • Follow us on Youtube
AccessibilityLegal noticePrivacy policyCookie settingsEnd User AgreementGet helpFeedback

Infoscience is a service managed and provided by the Library and IT Services of EPFL. © EPFL, tous droits réservés