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Defect-controlled hypersound propagation in hybrid superlattices

O. El AboutiGeorge FytasFaroha LiaqatHans-jürgen ButtWolfgang TremelBahram Djafari-rouhaniE. H. El BoudoutiDirk Schneider

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[PHYS]Physics [physics]Hypersonic speedMaterials scienceCondensed matter physicsBand gapSuperlatticeGeneral Physics and Astronomy02 engineering and technology021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology01 natural sciencesLayer thicknessBrillouin zone0103 physical sciencesDensity of statesSoft matterElasticity (economics)010306 general physics0210 nano-technology

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We employ spontaneous Brillouin light scattering spectroscopy and detailed theoretical calculations to reveal and identify elastic excitations inside the band gap of hypersonic hybrid superlattices. Surface and cavity modes, their strength and anticrossing are unambiguously documented and fully controlled by layer thickness, elasticity, and sequence design. This new soft matter based superlattice platform allows facile engineering of the density of states and opens new pathways to tunable phoxonic crystals.

10.1103/physrevlett.111.164301https://hal.science/hal-00879487/document