Broadband reflective metasurface for focusing underwater ultrasonic waves with linearly tunable focal length

We report a metasurface for focusing reflected ultrasonic waves over a wide frequency band of 0.45-0.55MHz. The broadband focusing effect of the reflective metasurface is studied numerically and then confirmed experimentally using near-field scanning techniques. The focusing mechanism can be attributed to the hyperboloidal reflection phase profile imposed by different depths of concentric grooves on the metasurface. In particular, the focal lengths of the reflective metasurface are extracted from simulations and experiments, and both exhibit good linear dependence on frequency over the considered frequency band. The proposed broadband reflective metasurface with tunable focal length has potential applications in the broad field of ultrasonics, such as ultrasonic tomographic imaging, high intensity focused ultrasound treatment, etc. Published by AIP Publishing.