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Acoustic dispersive prism

Esfahlani, Hussein  
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Karkar, Sami  
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Lissek, Hervé  
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2016
Scientific Reports

The optical dispersive prism is a well-studied element, which allows separating white light into its constituent spectral colors, and stands in nature as water droplets. In analogy to this definition, the acoustic dispersive prism should be an acoustic device with capability of splitting a broadband acoustic wave into its constituent Fourier components. However, due to the acoustical nature of materials as well as the design and fabrication difficulties, there is neither any natural acoustic counterpart of the optical prism, nor any artificial design reported so far exhibiting an equivalent acoustic behaviour. Here, based on exotic properties of the acoustic transmission-line metamaterials and exploiting unique physical behaviour of acoustic leaky-wave radiation, we report the first acoustic dispersive prism, effective within the audible frequency range 800 Hz - 1300 Hz. The dispersive nature, and consequently the frequency-dependent refractive index of the metamaterial are exploited to split the sound waves towards different and frequency-dependent directions. Meanwhile, the leaky-wave nature of the structure facilitates the sound wave radiation into the ambient medium.

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research article
DOI
10.1038/srep18911
Web of Science ID

WOS:000368192400001

Author(s)
Esfahlani, Hussein  
Karkar, Sami  
Lissek, Hervé  
Mosig, Juan Ramon  
Date Issued

2016

Publisher

Nature Research

Published in
Scientific Reports
Volume

6

Article Number

18911

Subjects

acoustics

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electrical and electronic engineering

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mechanical engineering

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metamaterial

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