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In the aim to find the simplest and most efficient shape of a noise absorbing wall to dissipate the acoustical energy of a sound wave, we consider a frequency model described by the Helmholtz equation with a damping on the boundary. The…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2020-07-23 Frédéric Magoulès , Thi Phuong Kieu Nguyen , Pascal Omnes , Anna Rozanova-Pierrat

Acoustic metamaterials and active noise control are two advanced noise control treatments that can typically offer performance that exceeds that of conventional passive noise control treatments. Acoustic metamaterials utilize sub-wavelength…

Applied Physics · Physics 2026-01-29 Gregory M. Hernandez , Jordan Cheer , Gianluca Memoli

We report the experimental demonstration of broadband negative refractive index obtained in a labyrinthine acoustic metamaterial structure. Two different approaches were employed to prove the metamaterial negative index nature:…

Materials Science · Physics 2015-06-12 Yangbo Xie , Bogdan-Ioan Popa , Lucian Zigoneanu , Steven A. Cummer

Surface plasmons with MHz-GHz energies are predicted by using milliparticles made of metamaterials that behave like metals in the radiofrequency range. In this work, the so-called Radioplasmonics is exploited to design scatterers embedded…

Applied Physics · Physics 2021-02-08 Ricardo Martin Abraham-Ekeroth

Noise pollution is a persistent environmental concern with severe implications for human health and resources. Acoustic metamaterials offer the potential for ultrathin silencing devices; however, existing designs often lack practical…

Applied Physics · Physics 2024-11-25 Zhiwei Yang , Ao Chen , Xiaohang Xie , Stephan W. Anderson , Xin Zhang

We propose a thin, compact, broadband, polarization and angle insensitive metamaterial absorber based on a tungsten reflector, silicon spacer and a top pattern composed of a double square-like ring resonator utilizing nickel(Ni). In such a…

Optics · Physics 2022-06-02 Henrik Parsamyan

We numerically analyze the performance of labyrinthine acoustic metamaterials with internal channels folded along a Wunderlich space-filling curve to control low-frequency sound in air. In contrast to previous studies, we perform direct…

Applied Physics · Physics 2017-12-19 Anastasiia O. Krushynska , Federico Bosia , Nicola M. Pugno

Metasurfaces providing resonances arising from quasi-bound states in the continuum have been proposed as sensors in the THz band due to the existence of strong resonances characterized by high quality factors. Controlling geometrical…

Optics · Physics 2023-01-06 J. A. Álvarez-Sanchis , B. Vidal , S. A. Tretyakov , A. Díaz-Rubio

Metamaterials are a new generation of advanced materials, exhibiting engineered microstructures that enable customized material properties not found in nature. The dynamics of metamaterials are particularly fascinating, promising the…

Applied Physics · Physics 2025-07-03 Charles Dorn , Vignesh Kannan , Ute Drechsler , Dennis M. Kochmann

Ventilated acoustic silencers combing sound attenuation with high ventilation are pivotal for advanced noise control. However, balancing attenuation, bandwidth, openness, and thickness remains a high-dimensional challenge. Here, we report a…

Applied Physics · Physics 2026-05-18 Zhiwei Yang , Mengyu Li , Xiaohang Xie , Ao Chen , Thomas G. Bifano , Xin Zhang

Metamaterial perfect absorbers from microwaves to optical part of the electromagnetic spectrum has been intensely studied for its ability to absorb electromagnetic radiation. Perfect absorption of light by metamaterials have opened up new…

Optics · Physics 2014-08-19 Longqing Cong , Ranjan Singh

Recently it has been shown that due to losses the claims on observation of negative refraction using metamaterials are questionable. In this paper we discus an interesting case that is based in almost zero permeability at a given frequency:…

Condensed Matter · Physics 2007-05-23 N. Garcia , M. Munoz , E. V. Ponizovskaya , M. Nieto-Vesperinas

We propose a type of elastic metamaterial comprising fluid-solid composite inclusions which can possess negative shear modulus and negative mass density over a large frequency region. Such a solid metamaterial has a unique elastic property…

Materials Science · Physics 2011-09-06 Ying Wu , Yun Lai , Zhao-Qing Zhang

We present a metamaterial that acts as a strongly resonant absorber at terahertz frequencies. Our design consists of a bilayer unit cell which allows for maximization of the absorption through independent tuning of the electrical…

Damping typically results in attenuation of vibrations and elastic wave propagation in mechanical systems. Contrary to this conventional understanding, we demonstrate experimentally and explain theoretically the revival of an elastic wave…

Applied Physics · Physics 2024-05-13 Yanghao Fang , William Tuxbury , Abhishek Gupta , Tsampikos Kottos , Ramathasan Thevamaran

Local resonance band gaps in acoustic metamaterials are widely known for their strong attenuation yet narrow frequency span. The latter limits the practical ability to implement subwavelength band gaps for broadband attenuation and has…

Applied Physics · Physics 2022-01-12 A. Stein , M. Nouh , T. Singh

In this paper, a route to ultra-broadband absorption is suggested and demonstrated by a feasible design. The high absorption regime (absorption above 90%) for the suggested structure ranges from visible to mid-infrared (MIR), i.e. for the…

Absorbing airborne noise at frequencies below 300 Hz is a particularly vexing problem due to the absence of natural sound absorbing materials at these frequencies. The prevailing solution for low-frequency sound absorption is the use of…

Applied Physics · Physics 2020-01-15 Xinxin Guo , Romain Fleury , Hervé Lissek

The resonant elements that grant metamaterials their unique properties have the fundamental limitation of restricting their useable frequency bandwidth. The development of frequency-agile metamaterials has helped to alleviate these…

Parametric amplification -- injecting energy into waves via periodic modulation of system parameters -- is typically restricted to specific multiples of the modulation frequency. However, broadband parametric amplification can be achieved…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2023-08-01 Noah Kruss , Jayson Paulose