AIP Advances (Dec 2011)

Band structures tunability of bulk 2D phononic crystals made of magneto-elastic materials

  • J. O. Vasseur,
  • O. Bou Matar,
  • J. F. Robillard,
  • A.-C. Hladky-Hennion,
  • P. A. Deymier

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3676172
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 1, no. 4
pp. 041904 – 041904-12

Abstract

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The feasibility of contactless tunability of the band structure of two-dimensional phononic crystals is demonstrated by employing magnetostrictive materials and applying an external magnetic field. The influence of the amplitude and of the orientation with respect to the inclusion axis of the applied magnetic field are studied in details. Applications to tunable selective frequency filters with switching functionnality and to reconfigurable wave-guides and demultiplexing devices are then discussed.