Multi-functional resonant acoustic networks for wave routing

TL;DR

This paper introduces a novel multi-functional acoustic network using asymmetric 3-port devices that can act as wave combiners and splitters with high efficiency, and extends the concept to 4-port networks for advanced wave control.

Contribution

It presents a new design for multi-functional acoustic networks based on asymmetric 3-port resonant devices and extends the concept to 4-port networks for versatile wave routing.

Findings

Nearly perfect transmission in the 3-port device despite losses

Demonstration of symmetric combining and splitting at the same frequency

Design of 4-port networks with phase-dependent wave guiding features

Abstract

We demonstrate that asymmetric 3-port devices can be used to design a multi-functional set-up operating as a symmetric combiner and splitter at the same frequency. For a concrete implementation of the proposed multi-functionality protocol, we employ a resonant acoustic 3-port device operating in a subwavelength regime, showing splitting/combining abilities with nearly perfect transmission in presence of losses, induced by the interactions of the system's resonances. Finally, as an extension of the 3-port multi-functionality concept, we propose a new type of 4-port networks, consisting in an assembly of 3-port unit cells with combining/splitting properties, capable to achieve various wave guiding features with perfect transmission depending on the phase of the inputs.