Meta atom for controlling acoustic parameters and metamaterials comprising the same

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10043508-B2
Application number	US-201615364819-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 30, 2016
Priority date	Apr 29, 2016
Publication date	Aug 7, 2018
Grant date	Aug 7, 2018

Abstract

A meta atom for controlling acoustic parameters and metamaterials comprising the same, which includes a first resonator assembly having a pair of resonators configured of two resonators disposed apart from each other with respect to an axis direction; a second resonator assembly positioned inside the pair of resonators included in the first resonator assembly, and having at least one resonator; and partitions connected between the first resonator assembly and the second resonator assembly, and supporting the first and second resonator assembly.

First claim

What is claimed:

1. A meta atom comprising:
a first resonator assembly having a pair of resonators configured of two resonators disposed apart from each other with respect to an axis direction;
a second resonator assembly positioned inside the pair of resonators included in the first resonator assembly, and having at least one resonator; and
partitions connected between the first resonator assembly and the second resonator assembly, and supporting the first and second resonator assemblies.

2. The meta atom according to claim 1 , wherein the two resonators in the pair of resonators included in the first resonator assembly are disposed on the same axis.

3. The meta atom according to claim 2 , further comprising:
partitions or a resonator, wherein the partitions or the resonator is disposed on an axis perpendicular to the axis on which the two resonators are disposed.

4. The meta atom according to claim 1 , wherein resonators included in the second resonator assembly are disposed at radial positions from a center of a meta atom.

5. The meta atom according to claim 4 , wherein resonators included in the second resonator assembly are disposed at the same distance from the center of a meta atom.

6. The meta atom according to claim 1 , wherein the second resonator assembly comprises a pair of resonators disposed at positions facing the pair of resonators included in the first resonator assembly.

7. The meta atom according to claim 6 , wherein one or more of the pair of resonators included in the first resonator assembly and the pair of resonators included in the second resonator assembly have an asymmetric resonance characteristic.

8. The meta atom according to claim 7 , wherein a pair of resonators having an asymmetric resonance characteristic have different effective masses from each other.

9. The meta atom according to claim 6 , wherein the second resonator assembly further comprises a pair of resonators disposed perpendicularly to the pair of resonators disposed at the facing positions.

10. The meta atom according to claim 1 , wherein resonators included in the first and second resonator assemblies are formed as composite structures of one or two or more elements, and the element is a bar, a membrane, a plate, or a Helmholtz's resonator.

11. The meta atom according to claim 1 , wherein the partitions are capable of blocking transmission of an acoustic wave.

12. The meta atom according to claim 1 , further comprising extended unit cell, wherein the unit cell consists of background media.

13. The meta atom according to claim 1 , wherein the meta atom is capable of controlling wave parameters and bianisotropy of an acoustic wave by adjusting a type of fluid, ambient pressure of a fluid, an area of a cell, or a volume of a cell in individual cells surrounded by resonators and partitions.

14. A metamaterial comprising one or more of the meta atom according to claim 1 .

15. The metamaterial according to claim 13 , wherein the metamaterial is an acoustic coupler or an acoustic metasurface.

Assignees

• Seoul Nat Universtity R&Db Foundation
• Seoul Nat Univ R&Db Foundation

Inventors

• Park Nam Kyoo
• Koo Suk Mo
• Cho Choon Lae

Classifications

• G10K11/172 Primary

  using resonance effects · CPC title

• G10K11/02 Primary

  Mechanical acoustic impedances; Impedance matching, e.g. by horns; Acoustic resonators · CPC title

• G10K11/04

  Acoustic filters {; Acoustic resonators} · CPC title

• H01Q15/0086

  said selective devices having materials with a synthesized negative refractive index, e.g. metamaterials or left-handed materials · CPC title

• H01P7/10

  Dielectric resonators · CPC title