Control of Energy by Advanced Artificial Materials

Project Information

CREAM

Grant agreement ID: 658174

DOI 10.3030/658174

Project terminated on 13 April 2016

EC signature date 26 March 2015

Start date 1 April 2015

End date 31 March 2017

Funded under

• EXCELLENT SCIENCE - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions

Total cost € 185 076,00

EU contribution € 185 076,00

Coordinated by

UNIVERSITE DE LILLE
France

Objective

The objective of the present project is to control the energy carried out by mechanical and electromagnetic waves by means of a new type of advanced artificial structures. To achieve this control resonant cavities for the simultaneous localization of elastic and electromagnetic waves will bedeveloped. The mentioned structures will be based on artificial anisotropic and inhomogeneous materials, designed by properly engineered periodic arrangements of scattering units.
The project aims to exploit the unusual properties of these complex structures for the localization of the energy carried out by mechanical and electromagnetic waves, offering in this way a new insight to the field of artificial materials (metamaterials), where less attention has been given to the problem of localization of waves, since it has focused efforts in the extraordinary propagation characteristics of waves along them (negative refraction, cloaking, transformation acoustics and electromagnetics, etc.).
The objectives of the project will be accomplished by the deep understanding of a new type of structures: Radial Wave Crystals (RWC), a special type of sonic and photonic crystals which present cylindrical or spherical symmetries.
It is well known that cylindrical shells of RWC present extraordinary resonant properties. However, their study has been slow given the difficulties found in their physical realization. In this proposal this feasibility will be explored, and also less restrictive versions of RWC will be seek, but trying to keep their extraordinary properties.
Finally, based on RWC a new type of optomechanical cavities will be investigated, by studying the electromagnetic and mechanical properties of these structures embedded in finite substrates. An iterative discussion with experimentalists at the IEMN (the host institution) will lead to a realistic proposal for the fabrication of an efficient optomechanical cavity based on inhomogeneous and anisotropic structures.

Fields of science

• natural sciences › physical sciences › electromagnetism and electronics › electromagnetism
• natural sciences › physical sciences › electromagnetism and electronics › optoelectronics
• engineering and technology › electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering › electrical engineering › power engineering
• engineering and technology › electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering › electrical engineering › piezoelectrics

Keywords

• periodic media
• elastic waves
• electromagnetic waves
• phononic and photonic crystals
• optomechanics
• homogenization

Programme(s)

• H2020-EU.1.3. - EXCELLENT SCIENCE - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Main Programme
• H2020-EU.1.3.2. - Nurturing excellence by means of cross-border and cross-sector mobility

Topic(s)

• MSCA-IF-2014-EF - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellowships (IF-EF)

Call for proposal

H2020-MSCA-IF-2014

Funding Scheme

MSCA-IF - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellowships (IF)

Coordinator

UNIVERSITE DE LILLE

• Net EU contribution: € 185 076,00
• Address: 42 rue paul duez ; 59000 Lille ; France
• Region: Hauts-de-France › Nord-Pas de Calais › Nord
• Activity type: Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
• Other funding: € 0,00