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Perfect circular polarization of elastic waves in solid media

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  • Jeseung Lee

    (Seoul National University)

  • Minwoo “Joshua” Kweun

    (Department of Applied Nano Mechanics, Korea Institute of Machinery and Materials)

  • Woorim Lee

    (Seoul National University)

  • Hong Min Seung

    (Intelligent Wave Engineering Team, Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science
    University of Science and Technology)

  • Yoon Young Kim

    (Seoul National University
    Seoul National University)

Abstract

Elastic waves involving mechanical particle motions of solid media can couple volumetric and shear deformations, making their manipulation more difficult than electromagnetic waves. Thereby, circularly polarized waves in the elastic regime have been little explored, unlike their counterparts in the electromagnetic regime, where their practical usage has been evidenced in various applications. Here, we explore generating perfect circular polarization of elastic waves in an isotropic solid medium. We devise a novel strategy for converting a linearly polarized wave into a circularly polarized wave by employing an anisotropic medium, which induces a so-far-unexplored coupled resonance phenomenon; it describes the simultaneous occurrence of the Fabry-Pérot resonance in one diagonal plane and the quarter-wave resonance in another diagonal plane orthogonal to the former with an exact 90° out-of-phase relation. We establish a theory explaining the involved physics and validate it numerically and experimentally. As a potential application of elastic circular polarization, we present simulation results demonstrating that a circularly polarized elastic wave can detect an arbitrarily oriented crack undetectable by a linearly polarized elastic wave.

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  • Jeseung Lee & Minwoo “Joshua” Kweun & Woorim Lee & Hong Min Seung & Yoon Young Kim, 2024. "Perfect circular polarization of elastic waves in solid media," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 15(1), pages 1-9, December.
  • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcom:v:15:y:2024:i:1:d:10.1038_s41467-024-45146-w
    DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-45146-w
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