Topological elastic interface states in hyperuniform pillared metabeams

verfasst von
Runcheng Cai, Yan Pennec, Laurent Carpentier, Yabin Jin, Timon Rabczuk, Xiaoying Zhuang, Bahram Djafari-Rouhani
Abstract

Topological states have been receiving a great deal of interest in various wave problems, such as photonic, acoustic, and elastic waves. However, few studies of topological elastic waves in non-periodic systems have been reported. Recently, hyperuniform systems suppressing long-range order while partly maintaining short-range order have provided new opportunities to control waves. In this work, we study the elastic topological interface states appearing between two Su-Schrieffer-Heeger (SSH)-like pillared metabeams where each metabeam, is constituted by a mirror symmetric hyperuniform structure. The SSH-like model is constructed by combining two hyperuniform metabeams with inverted configurations. We demonstrate that this structure could open new bandgaps at low frequencies, of which some are nontrivial and can support topological interface modes. We further show that the number of low-frequency bandgaps supporting the topological modes increases with the level of randomness, hence providing a high number of interface modes in the same structure. The robustness of the topological interface states against random perturbations in the pillars’ positions is further verified. Our work offers a reliable platform for studying topological properties and hyperuniform metamaterials and designing wave control devices for low-frequency wave attenuation and robust energy localization.

Organisationseinheit(en)
Institut für Photonik
Externe Organisation(en)
Tongji University
Université de Lille 1
Bauhaus-Universität Weimar
Typ
Artikel
Journal
APL materials
Band
12
Anzahl der Seiten
11
ISSN
2166-532X
Publikationsdatum
23.01.2024
Publikationsstatus
Veröffentlicht
Peer-reviewed
Ja
ASJC Scopus Sachgebiete
Werkstoffwissenschaften (insg.), Ingenieurwesen (insg.)
Elektronische Version(en)
https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0184699 (Zugang: Offen)