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Title: Acoustic waveguiding in a silicon carbide phononic crystals at microwave frequencies

Abstract

Two dimensional SiC–air phononic crystals have been modeled, fabricated, and tested with a measured bandgap ranging from 665 to 693 MHz. Snowflake air inclusions on a hexagonal lattice were used for the phononic crystal. By manipulating the phononic crystal lattice and inserting circular inclusions, a waveguide was created at 680 MHz. The combined insertion loss and propagation loss for the waveguide is 8.2 dB, i.e., 39% of the energy is guided due to the high level of the confinement afforded by the phononic crystal. In conclusion, the SiC–air phononic crystals and waveguides were fabricated using a CMOS-compatible process, which allows for seamless integration of these devices into wireless communication systems operating at microwave frequencies.

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  1. Univ. of Jamestown, Jamestown, ND (United States)
  2. Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)
  3. Kansas State Univ., Manhattan, KS (United States)
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Research Org.:
Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)
OSTI Identifier:
1476935
Report Number(s):
SAND-2018-10596J
Journal ID: ISSN 0003-6951; 668175
Grant/Contract Number:  
AC04-94AL85000
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Applied Physics Letters
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 112; Journal Issue: 10; Journal ID: ISSN 0003-6951
Publisher:
American Institute of Physics (AIP)
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
42 ENGINEERING

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Baboly, M. Ghasemi, Reinke, Charles M., Griffin, Benjamin A., El-Kady, Ihab F., and Leseman, Z. C. Acoustic waveguiding in a silicon carbide phononic crystals at microwave frequencies. United States: N. p., 2018. Web. doi:10.1063/1.5016380.
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Baboly, M. Ghasemi, Reinke, Charles M., Griffin, Benjamin A., El-Kady, Ihab F., & Leseman, Z. C. Acoustic waveguiding in a silicon carbide phononic crystals at microwave frequencies. United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5016380
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Baboly, M. Ghasemi, Reinke, Charles M., Griffin, Benjamin A., El-Kady, Ihab F., and Leseman, Z. C. Mon . "Acoustic waveguiding in a silicon carbide phononic crystals at microwave frequencies". United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5016380. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1476935.
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@article{osti_1476935,
title = {Acoustic waveguiding in a silicon carbide phononic crystals at microwave frequencies},
author = {Baboly, M. Ghasemi and Reinke, Charles M. and Griffin, Benjamin A. and El-Kady, Ihab F. and Leseman, Z. C.},
abstractNote = {Two dimensional SiC–air phononic crystals have been modeled, fabricated, and tested with a measured bandgap ranging from 665 to 693 MHz. Snowflake air inclusions on a hexagonal lattice were used for the phononic crystal. By manipulating the phononic crystal lattice and inserting circular inclusions, a waveguide was created at 680 MHz. The combined insertion loss and propagation loss for the waveguide is 8.2 dB, i.e., 39% of the energy is guided due to the high level of the confinement afforded by the phononic crystal. In conclusion, the SiC–air phononic crystals and waveguides were fabricated using a CMOS-compatible process, which allows for seamless integration of these devices into wireless communication systems operating at microwave frequencies.},
doi = {10.1063/1.5016380},
journal = {Applied Physics Letters},
number = 10,
volume = 112,
place = {United States},
year = {Mon Mar 05 00:00:00 EST 2018},
month = {Mon Mar 05 00:00:00 EST 2018}
}
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Figure 1 Figure 1: Finite element analysis of the band structure for an infinite 2D hexagonal array of snowflake in usions in a SiC-air phononic crystal with a=7.2 μm, r=3.2 μm, w=2 μm, and d=1 μm thick. A unit cell of the structure is shown in the inset.
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