AA << has discovered how to exploit certain defects to protect confined energy in acoustics systems. Their experimental approach provides a versatile platform to create at-will defects for further theoretical validation and to improve control of waves in other systems, such as light >>
<< We set to understand whether topological defects, such as disclinations, can be created to trap highly confined acoustic modes that are protected from perturbation, (..) Our core insight was that, if we consider the point group symmetry of the disclination, a pair of disclinations modes are prevented from pairing away from zero frequency. This protection mechanism results from the interplay of the symmetry-protected topological phase of the crystalline lattice and the topological charge and symmetry of the disclination. >> Wladimir A. Benalcazar.
<< This is the first work experimentally validating that such protected states exist in the disclination core, >> Yun Jing.
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Ashley J. Wennersherron. Researchers find imperfections provide protection for system symmetry. Penn State College of Engineering. May 20, 2022.
Sarah Wells. Symmetrical Binding for Topological States. Physics 15, s56. Apr 26, 2022.
Yuanchen Deng, Wladimir A. Benalcazar, et al. Observation of Degenerate Zero-Energy Topological States at Disclinations in an Acoustic Lattice. Phys. Rev. Lett. 128, 174301. Apr 26, 2022.
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Keywords: gst, acoustics, acoustic metamaterials, symmetry, system symmetry, imperfection, defect, topological defects, disclination
