Experimental And Theoretical Characterization Of Surface Acoustic Waves In An High Frequency 1d Phononic Crystal PDF Download

Phononic crystal(PC) can be defined as an artificial structure built from periodical unit cell which could achieve interesting acoustic and elastic propagation thanks to the presence of phononic bandgap(PnBg) related to the periodicity and its intrinsic resonance of the unit cell. These mechanisms to control the wave's propagation illustrate a huge potential that could led to several promising applications (filtering, waveguiding, resonator and sensor). Many works proposed the integration of surface acoustic wave(SAW) with PC with the purpose to manipulate the wave's propagation at high frequency(UHF-VHF range). Nevertheless, the presence of liquid on the surface of such device induces an attenuation of the wave at the interface of solid-fluid due to the out-of-plane displacement which radiate into the fluid. For the development of such device as a sensor, its performance is usually degraded and not sufficient compared to the current state of art. The objective of this thesis is to provide a solution to the above problem through the utilization of locally-resonant mechanism in PC composed of an array of pillars to design a device which could operate in the liquid environment. First, we developed a theoretical model based on Finite Element Method (FEM) simulation for a unit cell of pillar-based structure embedded with a liquid medium. We demonstrated that local resonances of pillars with optimized dimension could decrease the phase velocity of Scholte-Stoneley wave, to produce a slow wave at the solid/fluid interface. For the experimental part, we showed the conservation of locally-resonant bandgap when the fabricated device is loaded with liquid. This conservation is attributed to the local resonance of pillars that confine the energy inside the pillar to prevent radiation of energy into the fluid. The obtained results allow us to design a waveguide persistent under liquid medium by the integration of geometrical defect in the PC in the form of a chain of pillars with a different dimension compared to the rest. Furthermore, the theoretical studies indicated also that the waveguide induced in the both type of band gap(Bragg and locally-resonant) has a close appearance as a Rayleigh SAW. The results from this study could elucidate the mechanism of the persistence of the propagation mode of locally-resonant PC. This could open a new perspective for a further investigation to develop SAW phononic especially in the in a microfluidic and lab on chip application.