On-chip temporal focusing of elastic waves in a phononic crystal waveguide

M. Kurosu (), D. Hatanaka (), K. Onomitsu and H. Yamaguchi
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M. Kurosu: NTT Corporation
D. Hatanaka: NTT Corporation
K. Onomitsu: NTT Corporation
H. Yamaguchi: NTT Corporation

Nature Communications, 2018, vol. 9, issue 1, 1-7

Abstract: Abstract The ability to manipulate acoustic and elastic waveforms in continuous media has attracted significant research interest and is crucial for practical applications ranging from biological imaging to material characterization. Although several spatial focusing techniques have been developed, these systems require sophisticated resonant structures with narrow bandwidth, which limit their practical applications. Here we demonstrate temporal pulse manipulation in a dispersive one-dimensional phononic crystal waveguide, which enables the temporal control of ultrasonic wave propagation. On-chip pulse focusing is realized at a desired time and position with chirped input pulses that agree perfectly with the theoretical prediction. Moreover, traveling four-wave mixing experiments are implemented, providing a platform on which to realize novel nonlinear phenomena in the system. Incorporating this dispersive pulse engineering scheme into nonlinear phononic crystal architecture opens up the possibility of investigating novel phenomena such as phononic solitons.

Date: 2018
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