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F Cervera1, L Sanchis, J V Sánchez-Pérez

  • 1Centro Tecnológico de Ondas, Unidad Asociada de Investigación (CSIC-UPV), Edificio de Institutos II, Universidad Politécnica de Valencia, E-46022 Valencia, Spain.

Physical Review Letters
|January 22, 2002
PubMed
Summary

Sonic crystals, periodic arrangements of cylinders, enable new refractive acoustic devices for airborne sound. These crystals transmit sound at subsonic speeds, similar to optical systems.

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