Manipulating Backward Propagation of Acoustic Waves by a Periodical Structure

作者:Xu, Zheng; Qian, Meng-Lu; Cheng, Qian*; Liu, Xiao-Jun*
来源:Chinese Physics Letters, 2016, 33(11): 114302.
DOI:10.1088/0256-307X/33/11/114302

摘要

In the backward propagation of acoustic waves, the direction of phase velocity is anti-parallel to that of group velocity. We propose a scheme to manipulate the backward propagation using a periodical structure. The dynamic backward propagation process is further experimentally observed. It is demonstrated that the oblique incident plane wave moves backward when it travels through the periodical structure and the backward shift can be controlled within a certain range.