Homogeneous material based acoustic concentrators and rotators with linear coordinate transformation

Abstract

Abstract With the ability to focus and rotate the acoustic field in a given region while keeping the outside region unchanged, the acoustic concentrator and rotator has been developed for the versatile manipulations of acoustic wave. In this letter, we report the design of acoustic concentrator and rotator facilitated by linear coordinate transformation. Compared with the previous ones that have inhomogeneous parameter distributions, the designed devices are composed of several parts with homogeneous parameters, which can be achieved with the help of few homogeneous layered structures. Simulations are also performed to verify the functions of the designed device. The proposed acoustic concentrators and rotators would be useful in numerous applications such as acoustic sensing and communication.