Abstract
In the previous chapters, an overview of different types of phononic crystal (PnC) structures and their properties was given. Methods for the analysis and simulation of such structures were also discussed. Among different types of PnC structures, planar PnCs are of particular interest due to their flexibility in fabrication and the possibility of mass production using lithography-based fabrication techniques. Two of the main categories of planar acoustic wave devices are surface acoustic wave (SAW) devices and the devices with a finite thickness (called plates, slabs, or membranes). SAWs form on a free surface of a thick (compared to the wavelength of interest) substrate while most of the energy is near the surface of the substrate. SAWs are of great interest in design of wireless communications devices. In the previous chapter, some of the properties, methods of fabrication, and characterization of PnC structures for handling SAWs (for abbreviation we will use “SAW PnCs” for referring to them from now on) were discussed. In this chapter, we discuss an important drawback that SAW PnCs are prone to and discuss PnC slab structures which are periodic structures with a finite thickness of the order of the wavelengths of pertinence. The available methods of simulation, fabrication, and characterization of PnC slab devices and their advantages over SAW PnC devices will be addressed. Then an example of a practical PnC slab structure with the stages of design simulation, fabrication, bandgap engineering is given followed by a brief description of functional devices developed based on these structures for wireless communications and sensing applications at high frequencies.
Keywords
- Surface Acoustic Wave
- Finite Difference Time Domain
- Phononic Crystal
- Plane Wave Expansion
- Finite Difference Time Domain Method
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Mohammadi, S., Adibi, A. (2016). Phononic Crystal Membranes (Slabs or Plates). In: Khelif, A., Adibi, A. (eds) Phononic Crystals. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-9393-8_5
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