Acoustic analogues of three-dimensional topological insulators

An acoustic analogue of a three-dimensional topological insulator (TI) has not been achieved, despite various realizations in other kinds of TIs. Here, the authors report a three-dimensional multi-order TI in an acoustic bilayer chiral structure, with robust surface or hinge sound transport.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Cheng He, Hua-Shan Lai, Bo He, Si-Yuan Yu, Xiangyuan Xu, Ming-Hui Lu, Yan-Feng Chen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2020-05-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-16131-w