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SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
Volume 9, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-44843-7
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- European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation program under the Marie Sklodowska-Curie Grant [754364]
- European Commission [785219]
- FET Proactive Neurofibres [732344]
- Italian Ministry of Education, University and Research (MIUR) under the Departments of Excellence grant [L. 232/2016]
- H2020 FET Proactive Neurofibres Grant [732344]
- project Metapp - Fondazione San Paolo [CSTO160004]
- [ARS01-01384-PROSCAN]
- [PRIN-20177TTP3S]
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Acoustic filters and metamaterials have become essential components for elastic wave control in applications ranging from ultrasonics to noise abatement. Other devices have been designed in this field, emulating their electromagnetic counterparts. One such case is an acoustic diode or rectifier, which enables one-way wave transmission by breaking the wave equation-related reciprocity. Its achievement, however, has proved to be rather problematic, and current realizations display a number of shortcomings in terms of simplicity and versatility. Here, we present the design, fabrication and characterization of a device able to work as an acoustic diode, a switch and a transistor-like apparatus, exploiting symmetry-breaking nonlinear effects like harmonic generation and wave mixing, and the filtering capabilities of metamaterials. This device presents several advantages compared with previous acoustic diode realizations, including versatility, time invariance, frequency preserving characteristics and switchability. We numerically evaluate its efficiency and demonstrate its feasibility in a preliminary experimental realization. This work may provide new opportunities for the practical realization of structural components with one-way wave propagation properties.
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