Proceedings of the 10th Convention of the
European Acoustics Association
Forum Acusticum 2023


Politecnico di Torino
Torino, Italy
September 11 - 15, 2023





Session: A09-03: Advances in acoustic metamaterials - Part III
Date: Thursday 14 September 2023
Time: 15:00 - 15:20
Title: Bi-directional Holographic Lens for Simultaneous Control of Reflected and Transmitted Ultrasonic Fields
Author(s): E. Ballestero, Laboratoire d'Acoustique de l'Université du Mans, UMR CNRS 6613, Avenue Olivier Messiaen, 72000 Le Mans, France
J. Rodriguez-Sendra, Universitat Politècnica de València, I3M CSIC, Camino de Vera s/n, 46022 València, Spain
J.-P. Groby, Laboratoire d'Acoustique de l'Université du Mans, Avenue Olivier Messiaen, F-72085 Le Mans, France
V. Romero-Garcia, Instituto Universitario de Matemática Pura y Aplicada (IUMPA), Universitat Politècnica de València, Camino de Vera s/n, 46022 València, Spain
N. Jiménez, Universitat Politècnica de València, I3M CSIC, Camino de Vera s/n, 46022 València, Spain
Pages: 5171-5175
DOI: https://www.doi.org/10.61782/fa.2023.0884
PDF: https://dael.euracoustics.org/confs/fa2023/data/articles/000884.pdf
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Abstract

Holographic lenses allow the spatial storage of the phase profile of a desired wavefield distribution into monolithic elements composed of multiple variable cells. This process of wavefield encoding into a lens is helping to create tools for all sorts of wavefield manipulation needs, including beamforming and imaging. In acoustics, and ultrasounds more specifically, many applications can benefit from such versatility as ultrasonic sources are by nature highly directive. Examples of wave collimation or focusing are highly sought after for non-invasive biomedical applications. Imprinting the wavefront information is generally conducted in either transmission or reflection applications, such as for custom transmitted acoustic energy manipulation or for the control of the reflected wavefields. However, simultaneous control of both reflected and transmitted fields has not yet been fully investigated for ultrasound applications despite the numerous applications in optics. In this work, we present the case of a bi-directional non-mirror symmetric ultrasonic lens that works simultaneously in transmission and reflection, allowing to control the spatial phase distribution in both directions. We report a lens behaving as a bi-directional Lambertian scatterer, i.e., the reflected and transmitted fields exhibit an omnidirectional scattering pattern, a simple scenario from which other reflected/transmitted wavefields can be explored further along.