Giant sonic stop bands in two-dimensional periodic system of fluids

Periodic binary systems can give rise to genuine acoustic stop bands within which sound and vibrations remain forbidden. We compute extensive band structures for two-dimensional (2D) periodic arrays of air cylinders in water. Complete, multiple, huge stop bands are found for both square and hexagonal lattices. The lowest stop bands are largest for a range of filling fraction 10%⩽f⩽55%, with a gap/midgap ratio of 1.8. The most interesting finding of the present investigation is that the low-frequency, flat passbands for a perfectly periodic system correspond to the discrete modes of a single airy cylinder. This is attributed to the low filling fraction and huge density contrast in air and water. We stress that such a simple inhomogeneous system as made up of air and water exhibits the largest stop bands ever reported for 2D or 3D elastic as well as dielectric composites.

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