Metamaterial bricks and quantization of meta-surfaces

Gianluca Memoli; Mihai Caleap; Michihiro Asakawa; Deepak R. Sahoo; Bruce W. Drinkwater; Sriram Subramanian

doi:10.1038/ncomms14608

Nature Communications (Feb 2017)

Metamaterial bricks and quantization of meta-surfaces

Gianluca Memoli,
Mihai Caleap,
Michihiro Asakawa,
Deepak R. Sahoo,
Bruce W. Drinkwater,
Sriram Subramanian

Affiliations

Gianluca Memoli: INTERACT Lab, School of Engineering and Informatics, University of Sussex
Mihai Caleap: Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Bristol
Michihiro Asakawa: INTERACT Lab, School of Engineering and Informatics, University of Sussex
Deepak R. Sahoo: INTERACT Lab, School of Engineering and Informatics, University of Sussex
Bruce W. Drinkwater: Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Bristol
Sriram Subramanian: INTERACT Lab, School of Engineering and Informatics, University of Sussex

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms14608
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 8, no. 1
pp. 1 – 8

Abstract

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Controlling acoustic fields is of interest for diverse applications. Here the authors develop metasurfaces using a small set of pre-manufactured three-dimensional unit cells, quantized in both the spatial and phase domains, achieving with them acoustic levitation.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
Website: https://www.nature.com/ncomms/

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