Generation of topologically diverse acoustic vortex beams using a compact metamaterial aperture
Abstract
Here, we present a class of metamaterial-based acoustic vortex generators which are both geometrically simple and broadly tunable. The aperture overcomes the significant limitations of both active phasing systems and existing passive coded apertures. The metamaterial approach generates topologically diverse acoustic vortex waves motivated by recent advances in leaky wave antennas by wrapping the antenna back upon itself to produce an acoustic vortex wave antenna. We demonstrate both experimentally and analytically that this single analog structure is capable of creating multiple orthogonal orbital angular momentum modes using only a single transducer. The metamaterial design makes the aperture compact, with a diameter nearly equal to the excitation wavelength and can thus be easily integrated into high-density systems. Applications range from acoustic communications for high bit-rate multiplexing to biomedical devices such as microfluidic mixers.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Pub Defense Publication
- Publication Date
- May 30, 2016
- Source ID
- 10.1063/1.4953075
Entities
People
- Charles A. Rohde
- Christina J. Naify
- Gregory J. Orris
- Matthew D. Guild
- Michael Nicholas
- Theodore P. Martin
Organizations
- Office of Naval Research
- United States Naval Research Laboratory