Hybrid ultrathin metasurface for broadband sound absorption

作者：Marnix P. Abrahams, Mourad Oudich, Yann Revalor, N. Vukadinovic, Badreddine Assouar · 发表于：Applied Physics Letters · 年份：2024 · DOI：10.1063/5.0206120 · 被引用次数：16 · 研究领域：Acoustic Wave Phenomena Research、Noise Effects and Management、Vibration Control and Rheological Fluids

To this day, achieving broadband low-frequency sound absorption remains a challenge even with the possibilities promised by the advent of metamaterials and metasurfaces, especially when size and structural restrictions exist. Solving this engineering challenge relies on stringent impedance matching and coupling of the multiple independent local resonators in metasurface absorbers. In this Letter, we present an innovative design approach to broaden the sound absorption bandwidth at low-frequency regime. A hybrid metasurface design is proposed where four coupled planar coiled resonators are also coupled to a well-designed thin planar cavity. This hybrid metasurface creates a broad sound absorption band (130–200 Hz) that is twice as wide as that of the traditional single layer metasurface utilizing four coiled cavities at a deep subwavelength thickness (∼λ/51). This design strategy opens routes toward engineering a class of high-performance thin metasurfaces for ultra-broadband sound absorption, while keeping the planar size unchanged.