Holey-structured tungsten metamaterials for broadband ultrasonic sub-wavelength imaging in water

J Acoust Soc Am. 2021 Jul;150(1):74. doi: 10.1121/10.0005483.

Abstract

Metamaterials exhibiting Fabry-Pérot resonances are shown to achieve ultrasonic imaging of a sub-wavelength aperture in water immersion across a broad bandwidth. Holey-structured metamaterials of different thickness were additively manufactured using a tungsten substrate and selective laser melting, tungsten being chosen so as to create a significant acoustic impedance mismatch with water. Both broadband metamaterial behavior and sub-wavelength imaging in water are demonstrated experimentally and validated with finite element simulations over the 200-300 kHz range.