Reflections of High-Frequency Pulsed Ultrasound by Underwater Acoustic Metasurfaces Composed of Subwavelength Phase-Gradient Slits
We numerically and experimentally investigated the behavior of high-frequency underwater ultrasounds reflected by gradient acoustic metasurfaces. Metasurfaces were fabricated with a periodic array of gradient slits along the surface of a steel specimen. The finite element method was adopted for the...
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| description | We numerically and experimentally investigated the behavior of high-frequency underwater ultrasounds reflected by gradient acoustic metasurfaces. Metasurfaces were fabricated with a periodic array of gradient slits along the surface of a steel specimen. The finite element method was adopted for the acoustics–structure interaction problem to design the metasurfaces and simulate the reflected fields of the incident ultrasound. Our metasurfaces yielded anomalous reflection, specular reflection, apparent negative reflection, and radiation of surface-bounded modes for ultrasonic waves impinging on the metasurfaces at different incident angles. The occurrence of these reflection behaviors could be explained by the generalized Snell’s law for a gradient metasurface with periodic supercells. We showed that at some incident angles, strong anomalous reflection could be generated, which could lead to strong retroreflection at specific incident angles. Furthermore, we characterized the time evolution of the reflections using pulsed ultrasound. The simulated transient process revealed the formation of propagating reflected ultrasound fields. The experimentally measured reflected ultrasound signals verified the distinct reflection behaviors of the metasurfaces; strong anomalous reflection steering the ultrasound pulse and causing retroreflection was observed. This study paves the way for designing underwater acoustic metasurfaces for ultrasound imaging and caustic engineering applications using pulsed ultrasound in the high-frequency regime. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-9ef1957c12d74ffcbc1ad71106fe1c292023-11-18T01:00:59ZengMDPI AGCrystals2073-43522023-05-0113584610.3390/cryst13050846Reflections of High-Frequency Pulsed Ultrasound by Underwater Acoustic Metasurfaces Composed of Subwavelength Phase-Gradient SlitsJin-Chen Hsu0Herwandi Alwi1Chun-Hao Wei2Kai-Li Liao3Che-Ting Huang4Department of Mechanical Engineering, National Yunlin University of Science and Technology, Yunlin, Douliou 64002, TaiwanDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, National Yunlin University of Science and Technology, Yunlin, Douliou 64002, TaiwanDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, National Yunlin University of Science and Technology, Yunlin, Douliou 64002, TaiwanDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, National Yunlin University of Science and Technology, Yunlin, Douliou 64002, TaiwanDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, National Yunlin University of Science and Technology, Yunlin, Douliou 64002, TaiwanWe numerically and experimentally investigated the behavior of high-frequency underwater ultrasounds reflected by gradient acoustic metasurfaces. Metasurfaces were fabricated with a periodic array of gradient slits along the surface of a steel specimen. The finite element method was adopted for the acoustics–structure interaction problem to design the metasurfaces and simulate the reflected fields of the incident ultrasound. Our metasurfaces yielded anomalous reflection, specular reflection, apparent negative reflection, and radiation of surface-bounded modes for ultrasonic waves impinging on the metasurfaces at different incident angles. The occurrence of these reflection behaviors could be explained by the generalized Snell’s law for a gradient metasurface with periodic supercells. We showed that at some incident angles, strong anomalous reflection could be generated, which could lead to strong retroreflection at specific incident angles. Furthermore, we characterized the time evolution of the reflections using pulsed ultrasound. The simulated transient process revealed the formation of propagating reflected ultrasound fields. The experimentally measured reflected ultrasound signals verified the distinct reflection behaviors of the metasurfaces; strong anomalous reflection steering the ultrasound pulse and causing retroreflection was observed. This study paves the way for designing underwater acoustic metasurfaces for ultrasound imaging and caustic engineering applications using pulsed ultrasound in the high-frequency regime.https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4352/13/5/846acoustic metasurfaceunderwater ultrasoundanomalous reflectionphase-gradient slits |
| spellingShingle | Jin-Chen Hsu Herwandi Alwi Chun-Hao Wei Kai-Li Liao Che-Ting Huang Reflections of High-Frequency Pulsed Ultrasound by Underwater Acoustic Metasurfaces Composed of Subwavelength Phase-Gradient Slits Crystals acoustic metasurface underwater ultrasound anomalous reflection phase-gradient slits |
| title | Reflections of High-Frequency Pulsed Ultrasound by Underwater Acoustic Metasurfaces Composed of Subwavelength Phase-Gradient Slits |
| title_full | Reflections of High-Frequency Pulsed Ultrasound by Underwater Acoustic Metasurfaces Composed of Subwavelength Phase-Gradient Slits |
| title_fullStr | Reflections of High-Frequency Pulsed Ultrasound by Underwater Acoustic Metasurfaces Composed of Subwavelength Phase-Gradient Slits |
| title_full_unstemmed | Reflections of High-Frequency Pulsed Ultrasound by Underwater Acoustic Metasurfaces Composed of Subwavelength Phase-Gradient Slits |
| title_short | Reflections of High-Frequency Pulsed Ultrasound by Underwater Acoustic Metasurfaces Composed of Subwavelength Phase-Gradient Slits |
| title_sort | reflections of high frequency pulsed ultrasound by underwater acoustic metasurfaces composed of subwavelength phase gradient slits |
| topic | acoustic metasurface underwater ultrasound anomalous reflection phase-gradient slits |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4352/13/5/846 |
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