Morphogenesis of sound creates acoustic rainbows

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Main Authors: Christiansen, Rasmus E., Sigmund, Ole, Fernandez-Grande, Efren
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author Christiansen, Rasmus E.
Sigmund, Ole
Fernandez-Grande, Efren
author_facet Christiansen, Rasmus E.
Sigmund, Ole
Fernandez-Grande, Efren
contents Sound is an essential sensing element for many organisms in nature, and multiple species have evolved organic structures that create complex acoustic scattering and dispersion phenomena to emit and perceive sound unambiguously. To date, it has not proven possible to design artificial scattering structures that rival the performance of those found in organic structures. Contrarily, most sound manipulation relies on active transduction in fluid media rather than relying on passive scattering principles, as are often found in nature. In this work, we utilize computational morphogenesis to synthesize complex energy-efficient wavelength-sized single-material scattering structures that passively decompose radiated sound into its spatio-spectral components. Specifically, we tailor an acoustic rainbow structure with "above unity" efficiency and an acoustic wavelength-splitter. Our work paves the way for a new frontier in sound-field engineering, with potential applications in transduction, bionics, energy harvesting, communications and sensing.
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spellingShingle Morphogenesis of sound creates acoustic rainbows
Christiansen, Rasmus E.
Sigmund, Ole
Fernandez-Grande, Efren
Sound
Audio and Speech Processing
Optimization and Control
Applied Physics
Sound is an essential sensing element for many organisms in nature, and multiple species have evolved organic structures that create complex acoustic scattering and dispersion phenomena to emit and perceive sound unambiguously. To date, it has not proven possible to design artificial scattering structures that rival the performance of those found in organic structures. Contrarily, most sound manipulation relies on active transduction in fluid media rather than relying on passive scattering principles, as are often found in nature. In this work, we utilize computational morphogenesis to synthesize complex energy-efficient wavelength-sized single-material scattering structures that passively decompose radiated sound into its spatio-spectral components. Specifically, we tailor an acoustic rainbow structure with "above unity" efficiency and an acoustic wavelength-splitter. Our work paves the way for a new frontier in sound-field engineering, with potential applications in transduction, bionics, energy harvesting, communications and sensing.
title Morphogenesis of sound creates acoustic rainbows
topic Sound
Audio and Speech Processing
Optimization and Control
Applied Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2408.14953