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Ultra-broadband symmetrical acoustic coherent perfect absorbers designed by the causality principle

Caixing Fu1, Min Yang2, and Zhi Hong Hang1,3,*

  • 1School of Physical Science and Technology and Collaborative Innovation Center of Suzhou Nano Science and Technology, Soochow University, Suzhou 215006, China
  • 2Acoustic Metamaterials Group Ltd, Data Technology Hub, No. 5 Chun Cheong Street, Tseung Kwan O, Hong Kong, China
  • 3Institute for Advanced Study and Provincial Key Lab of Thin Films, Soochow University, Suzhou 215006, China

  • *zhhang@suda.edu.cn
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Phys. Rev. Research 5, L042020 – Published 7 November, 2023

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevResearch.5.L042020

Abstract

We report a methodology to reach the symmetrical broadband coherent perfect absorption in an air tube whose reliability and feasibility are demonstrated experimentally. Through rigorous analytical calculations, we discover that the causality principle provides a minimal volume requirement based on absorption capability, while the idealistic coherent symmetrical perfect absorption cannot be achieved but can be approached within a finite volume. As a demonstration, a side-loaded near-perfect absorber is designed and realized working at a broad bandwidth from 300 to 5000 Hz without blocking the tube. The size of the absorber is also super-subwavelength, only 1% of the longest working wavelength. By experimentally measuring the absorption in both frequency and time domains, broadband and tunable near-perfect coherent absorption properties are demonstrated. In addition, we achieve the manipulation of sound waves in a ventilated tube by using sound pulses.

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Phys. Rev. Research 5, L042020– Published 7 November, 2023
  • Received 9 May 2023
  • Revised 20 September 2023
  • Accepted 26 September 2023
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