Observations of symmetry-induced topological mode steering in a reconfigurable elastic plate

  • K. Tang
  • , M. Makwana
  • , R. V. Craster
  • , P. Sebbah

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Abstract

We experimentally investigate the valley-Hall effect for interfacial edge states, highlighting the importance of the modal patterns between geometrically distinct regions within a structured elastic plate. These experiments, for vibration, are at a scale where detailed measurements are taken throughout the system and not just at the input/output ports; this exposes the coupling between geometrically distinct modes that underlie the differences between wave transport around gentle and sharp bends.

Original languageEnglish
Article number214103
JournalPhysical Review B
Volume102
Issue number21
DOIs
StatePublished - 3 Dec 2020

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Funding

This research was supported in part by The Israel Science Foundation (Grants No. 1871/15, 2074/15, and 2630/20) and the United States–Israel Binational Science Foundation NSF/BSF (Grant No. 2015694). R.V.C. thanks the EPSRC (UK) for support and the Leverhulme Trust for a research fellowship. P.S. is thankful to the CNRS support under Grant No. PICS-ALAMO.

FundersFunder number
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council
Leverhulme Trust
United States-Israel Binational Science Foundation2015694
Israel Science Foundation2074/15, 1871/15, 2630/20
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

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