Document Type
Article
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Published Version
Publication Date
11-25-2016
Publication Title
Scientific Reports
DOI
10.1038/srep37918
Abstract
Anisotropic density-near-zero (ADNZ) acoustic metamaterials are investigated theoretically and numerically in this paper and are shown to exhibit extraordinary transmission enhancement when material loss is induced. The enhanced transmission is due to the enhanced propagating and evanescent wave modes inside the ADNZ medium thanks to the interplay of near-zero density, material loss, and high wave impedance matching in the propagation direction. The equi-frequency contour (EFC) is used to reveal whether the propagating wave mode is allowed in ADNZ metamaterials. Numerical simulations based on plate-type acoustic metamaterials with different material losses were performed to demonstrate collimation and subwavelength imaging enabled by the induced loss in ADNZ media. This work provides a different way for manipulating acoustic waves.
Recommended Citation
Shen, C. and Jing, Y. Loss-induced Enhanced Transmission in Anisotropic Density-near-zero Acoustic Metamaterials. Sci. Rep. 6, 37918; doi: 10.1038/srep37918 (2016).
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