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Physics of band-gap formation and its evolution in the pillar-based phononic crystal structures

Journal Article · · Journal of Applied Physics
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4887115· OSTI ID:22306166
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  1. School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia 30332 (United States)
  2. Institut FEMTO-ST, Université de Franche-Comté, CNRS, 32 Avenue de l'Observatoire, 25044 Besançon Cedex (France)

In this paper, the interplay of Bragg scattering and local resonance is theoretically studied in a phononic crystal (PnC) structure composed of a silicon membrane with periodic tungsten pillars. The comparison of phononic band gaps (PnBGs) in three different lattice types (i.e., square, triangular, and honeycomb) with different pillar geometries shows that different PnBGs have varying degrees of dependency on the lattice symmetry based on the interplay of the local resonances and the Bragg effect. The details of this interplay is discussed. The significance of locally resonating pillars, specially in the case of tall pillars, on PnBGs is discussed and verified by examining the PnBG position and width in perturbed lattices via Monte Carlo simulations. It is shown that the PnBGs caused by the local resonance of the pillars are more resilient to the lattice perturbations than those caused by Bragg scattering.

OSTI ID:
22306166
Journal Information:
Journal of Applied Physics, Journal Name: Journal of Applied Physics Journal Issue: 1 Vol. 116; ISSN JAPIAU; ISSN 0021-8979
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English