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TT 53: Focus Session: Nanomechanical Systems for Classical and Quantum Sensing II (joint session HL/DY/TT/QI)
TT 53.10: Talk
Wednesday, March 20, 2024, 17:30–17:45, EW 202
Imaging acoustic fields on metasurfaces — •Alessandro Pitanti1,2,3, Mingyun Yuan1, Simone Zanotto3, and Paulo Ventura Santos1 — 1Paul-Drude-Institut für Festkörperelektronik, Leibniz-Institut im Forschungsverbund Berlin e.V., 5-7 Hausvogteiplatz, Berlin 10117, Germany — 2Dipartimento di Fisica E. Fermi, Università di Pisa, Largo B. Pontecorvo 3, Pisa 56127, Italy — 3NEST, CNR Istituto Nanoscienze and Scuola Normale Superiore, piazza San Silvestro 12, Pisa 56127, Italy
The last decades have witnessed a rich activity towards the integration of acoustic technologies within electro-optical circuits in high-frequency hybrid devices. The main role in this trend has been played by surface acoustic waves (SAW), easily integrable in several material platforms via piezoelectricity. Given their high frequency and quality factors, simple SAW delay-line resonators have found application as sensors, filters, and oscillators for telecommunication applications. More complex manipulation of acoustic waves would boost SAW-based technologies, becoming a key for the transition to 6G; complete wave manipulation and control in the GHz range would offer the most promise for integration with modern communication technologies.
In this context, we illustrate the use of light-interferometry and atomic force microscopy based scanning probe techniques for a fine investigation of GHz acoustic fields in mechanical metasurfaces. Focusing on the role of symmetries in wave scattering, we show complex wave manipulation, leading to asymmetric negative refraction and anisotropic transmission of mechanical waves.
Keywords: Surface Acoustic Waves; Acoustic metasurfaces; Light interferometry; Atomic Force Microscopy