title: Band gaps and defect modes in periodically structured waveguides.
abstract: This work examines a simple one-dimensional acoustic band gap system made from a diameter-modulated waveguide. Experimental and theoretical results are presented on perfectly periodic waveguide arrays showing the presence of band gaps--frequency intervals in which the transmission of sound is forbidden. The introduction of defects in the perfect periodicity leads to narrow frequency transmission bands--defect states--within the forbidden band gaps. The circular cross-section waveguide system is straightforward to simulate theoretically and experimental results demonstrate good agreement with theory. The experimental transmission of the periodic waveguide arrays is measured using an impulse response technique.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics and Astronomy, Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro 37132, USA.
authors.forename: J N
authors.initials: JN
authors.lastname: Munday
authors.forename: C Brad
authors.initials: CB
authors.lastname: Bennett
authors.forename: W M
authors.initials: WM
authors.lastname: Robertson
mesh_terms: D000162:Acoustics; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D009038:Motion