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Title: Topological Phononic Crystals with One-Way Elastic Edge Waves

Journal Article · · Physical Review Letters
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  1. Harvard Univ., Cambridge, MA (United States). Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
  2. Massachusetts Inst. of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA (United States). Dept. of Physics
  3. Harvard Univ., Cambridge, MA (United States). Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences. Kavli Inst.

We report here a new type of phononic crystals with topologically nontrivial band gaps for both longitudinal and transverse polarizations, resulting in protected one-way elastic edge waves. In our design, gyroscopic inertial effects are used to break the time-reversal symmetry and realize the phononic analogue of the electronic quantum (anomalous) Hall effect. We investigate the response of both hexagonal and square gyroscopic lattices and observe bulk Chern numbers of 1 and 2, indicating that these structures support single and multimode edge elastic waves immune to backscattering. These robust one-way phononic waveguides could potentially lead to the design of a novel class of surface wave devices that are widely used in electronics, telecommunication, and acoustic imaging.

Research Organization:
Massachusetts Inst. of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA (United States); Harvard Univ., Cambridge, MA (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES); National Science Foundation (NSF); US Army Research Office (ARO)
Grant/Contract Number:
SC0001299; CMMI-1120724; CMMI-1149456; DMR-1420570; DMR-1419807; W911NF-13-D-0001
OSTI ID:
1505735
Alternate ID(s):
OSTI ID: 1213965
Journal Information:
Physical Review Letters, Vol. 115, Issue 10; ISSN 0031-9007
Publisher:
American Physical Society (APS)Copyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Citation Metrics:
Cited by: 506 works
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