KEYWORDS: Acoustics, Radio propagation, Scattering, Resonators, Physics, Electromagnetism, Solar concentrators, Metamaterials, Electromagnetic scattering, Control systems
Non-Hermitian physics is an emerging field that for the unconventional management and control of wave fields. PT-symmetric metamaterials or dipoles have already been proposed as a flexible platform to redirect electromagnetic fields. Acoustic PT-dipoles have also been recently studied for sound guidance, showing an asymmetric scattering response. Therefore, we experimentally propose pairs of identical Helmholtz resonators with different losses distributed in the plane to create such dipoles (as electromagnetic analogues) and either concentrate the field, redirect it or even silence predefined areas. The experimental results confirm that the two-dimensional sound pressure field can be successfully modified on the bases of non-Hermitian physics.
The new physics of open-dissipative, non-Hermitian systems have become a fruitful playground to uncover novel physical phenomena, even in exotic or counterintuitive ways, especially in optics and, more recently, also in acoustics. In this work, we propose a non-Hermitian metasystem in acoustics for the control of the sound field in two dimensions. The building blocks, or meta-atoms composing the arrangements, are pairs of identical Helmholtz resonators with different gain or loss functions. Such Helmholtz resonator dipoles may be designed to hold asymmetric scattering, as was theoretically analyzed and experimentally confirmed. Furthermore, aiming to create a complicated directivity, we explored different ensembles of Helmholtz resonator dipoles and numerically demonstrated a sound concentration with various configurations. The proposed non-Hermitian parity-time- symmetric dipoles made of a pair of Helmholtz resonators may be a potential artificial element for the creation of complex sound fields.
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