Parity-time synthetic phononic media

J Christensen, M Willatzen, VR Velasco, MH Lu - Physical review letters, 2016 - APS
Classical systems containing cleverly devised combinations of loss and gain elements
constitute extremely rich building units that can mimic non-Hermitian properties, which …

Acoustic wave amplification with thin film silicon bonded on lithium niobate

S Ghosh - Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
Signal processing with the use of acoustic waves is an important technology for various
functions in radio frequency (RF) systems, including matched filtering in congested parts of …

Metal-Free High-Overtone Bulk Acoustic Resonators with Outstanding Acoustic Match and Thermal Stability

J Cheng, Z Peng, W Zhang… - IEEE Electron Device …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This letter presents a novel type of epitaxial gallium nitride (GaN) on semi-insulating silicon
carbide (4H-SiC)-based high-overtone bulk acoustic resonators (HBARs) that eliminates the …

Micromachined heterostructured lamb mode waveguides for acoustoelectric signal processing

H Mansoorzare, R Abdolvand - IEEE Transactions on …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This work explores micromachined heterostructured waveguides that leverage strong
interactions between acoustic phonons and electrons to enable radio frequency (RF) signal …

[HTML][HTML] High-gain leaky surface acoustic wave amplifier in epitaxial InGaAs on lithium niobate heterostructure

L Hackett, A Siddiqui, D Dominguez… - Applied Physics …, 2019 - pubs.aip.org
Active surface acoustic wave components have the potential to transform RF front ends by
consolidating functionalities that currently occur across multiple chip technologies, leading …

Broadband nonreciprocal linear acoustics through a non-local active metamaterial

A Sasmal, N Geib, BI Popa, K Grosh - New journal of physics, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
The ability to create linear systems that manifest broadband nonreciprocal wave
propagation would provide for exquisite control over acoustic signals for electronic filtering …

[HTML][HTML] Acoustoelectric amplification of Rayleigh waves in low sheet density AlGaN/GaN heterostructures on sapphire

S Ghosh, MA Hollis, RJ Molnar - Applied Physics Letters, 2019 - pubs.aip.org
This letter demonstrates amplification of surface acoustic waves through the application of
dc electric fields in low sheet density heterostructures of Al x Ga 1− x N barrier layers over …

Dynamic nonreciprocity in loss-compensated piezophononic media

A Merkel, M Willatzen, J Christensen - Physical Review Applied, 2018 - APS
Violating time-reversal symmetry enables one to engineer nonreciprocal structures for
isolating and rectifying sound and mechanical vibrations. Rectifying sound is commonly …

Non-reciprocal acoustic transmission in a GaN delay line using the acoustoelectric effect

H Zhu, M Rais-Zadeh - IEEE Electron Device Letters, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This letter reports on first-time demonstration of non-reciprocal acoustic transmission in a
gallium nitride (GaN) delay line structure. The split of forward (S21) and backward (S12) …

Tunable surface acoustic wave device using semiconducting MgZnO and piezoelectric NiZnO dual-layer structure on glass

R Li, G Li, WC Hong, PI Reyes, K Tang… - Smart Materials and …, 2018 - iopscience.iop.org
Tunable surface acoustic wave (SAW) devices have attracted considerable interests due to
its applications in emerging fields, such as secured wireless communication, adaptive signal …