Han Chenglin, Fan Shida, Zhou Hong-Tao, He Kuan, Jia Yurou, Li Changyou, Li Hongzhu, Yang Xiao-Dong, Chen Li-Qun, Yang Tianzhi, Qiu Cheng-Wei
School of Mechanical Engineering and Automation, Northeastern University, Shenyang, China.
Key Laboratory of Vibration and Control of Aero-Propulsion System, Ministry of Education, Northeastern University, Shenyang, China.
Nat Commun. 2025 Jan 14;16(1):634. doi: 10.1038/s41467-025-55937-4.
Flat bands have empowered novel phenomena such as robust canalization with strong localization, high-collimation and low-loss propagation. However, the spatial symmetry protection in photonic or acoustic lattices naturally forces flat bands to manifest in pairs aligned at an inherently specific angle, resulting in a fixed bidirectional canalization. Here, we report an acoustic flat-band metasurface, allowing not only unidirectional canalization at all in-plane angles but also robust tunability in band alignment. The twist, tilt, and skew angles of the bilayer metasurface can be flexibly controlled to break both in-plane and out-of-plane spatial symmetries. These features can thereby turn arbitrary twist angles between bilayers into 'magic angles', while maintaining all unidirectional canalization and band alignment tunability. This work may significantly contribute to pushing twisted moiré physics into higher dimensions and facilitate the application of advanced acoustic or optical devices.
平带催生了诸如具有强局域性、高准直性和低损耗传播的稳健通道化等新奇现象。然而,光子或声学晶格中的空间对称性保护自然会迫使平带以固有特定角度成对出现,从而导致固定的双向通道化。在此,我们报道了一种声学平带超表面,它不仅能在所有面内角度实现单向通道化,还能在能带排列上实现稳健的可调性。双层超表面的扭转、倾斜和偏斜角可灵活控制,以打破面内和面外的空间对称性。这些特性能够将双层之间的任意扭转角转变为“魔角”,同时保持所有单向通道化和能带排列可调性。这项工作可能会极大地推动扭曲莫尔物理学向更高维度发展,并促进先进声学或光学器件的应用。