Ultrathin Acoustic Parity-Time Symmetric Metasurface Cloak

<div class="floats-full-page floats-full-page-figure"><h2>Figure 1</h2><div class="floats-full-page-caption"><div>(a) A rigid cylinder is covered by an ultrathin <svg height="9.25986pt" id="M11" style="vertical-align:-0.2455397pt" version="1.1" viewbox="-0.0498162 -9.01432 23.8745 9.25986" width="23.8745pt" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"><g transform="matrix(.013,0,0,-0.013,0,0)"><path d="M856 669C824 657 796 643 772 628C709 667 631 687 551 687C314 687 158 548 158 412C158 332 216 282 300 282C445 282 516 426 527 561H507C478 406 414 312 302 312C245 312 199 352 199 408C199 535 345 657 550 657C617 657 687 644 742 609C644 538 583 430 495 271C383 71 317 16 193 16C122 16 73 60 73 95H75C82 84 97 83 105 83C133 83 148 106 148 131C148 160 125 179 97 179C64 179 38 151 38 108C38 42 104 -15 211 -15C368 -15 496 71 610 302C672 426 704 522 770 588C803 559 825 518 825 465C825 382 787 316 731 316C710 316 697 328 697 345C697 358 700 380 733 399L723 417C688 398 665 367 665 338C665 303 688 272 737 272C821 272 886 359 886 447C886 516 850 572 797 612C816 627 836 639 863 650L856 669Z"></path></g><g transform="matrix(.013,0,0,-0.013,11.83,0)"><path d="M896 675C863 652 826 634 783 634C683 634 549 687 439 687C259 687 128 601 128 473C128 383 196 329 279 329C392 329 469 405 496 541H476C440 428 385 359 286 359C224 359 169 400 169 480C169 566 257 641 382 641C475 641 622 584 731 584C796 584 862 620 907 657L896 675ZM658 553C579 484 521 424 454 277C364 81 295 16 184 16C120 16 82 44 78 79H80C87 68 100 67 108 67C136 67 153 89 153 116S131 165 104 165C69 165 43 139 43 91C43 31 110 -15 191 -15C263 -15 321 6 378 45C463 101 526 197 557 304C588 413 618 487 671 539L658 553Z"></path></g></svg> symmetric metasurface. The left (right) semicircle metasurface contains acoustic loss (gain) to fully absorb incoming (reemit outgoing) sound waves. (b) Three scenarios are exemplified: no cloak, comprising strong backscattering and a shadow; camouflaging through complete absorption with a lossy semicircle metasurface only; cloaking via <svg height="9.25986pt" id="M12" style="vertical-align:-0.2455397pt" version="1.1" viewbox="-0.0498162 -9.01432 23.8745 9.25986" width="23.8745pt" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"><g transform="matrix(.013,0,0,-0.013,0,0)"><path d="M856 669C824 657 796 643 772 628C709 667 631 687 551 687C314 687 158 548 158 412C158 332 216 282 300 282C445 282 516 426 527 561H507C478 406 414 312 302 312C245 312 199 352 199 408C199 535 345 657 550 657C617 657 687 644 742 609C644 538 583 430 495 271C383 71 317 16 193 16C122 16 73 60 73 95H75C82 84 97 83 105 83C133 83 148 106 148 131C148 160 125 179 97 179C64 179 38 151 38 108C38 42 104 -15 211 -15C368 -15 496 71 610 302C672 426 704 522 770 588C803 559 825 518 825 465C825 382 787 316 731 316C710 316 697 328 697 345C697 358 700 380 733 399L723 417C688 398 665 367 665 338C665 303 688 272 737 272C821 272 886 359 886 447C886 516 850 572 797 612C816 627 836 639 863 650L856 669Z"></path></g><g transform="matrix(.013,0,0,-0.013,11.83,0)"><path d="M896 675C863 652 826 634 783 634C683 634 549 687 439 687C259 687 128 601 128 473C128 383 196 329 279 329C392 329 469 405 496 541H476C440 428 385 359 286 359C224 359 169 400 169 480C169 566 257 641 382 641C475 641 622 584 731 584C796 584 862 620 907 657L896 675ZM658 553C579 484 521 424 454 277C364 81 295 16 184 16C120 16 82 44 78 79H80C87 68 100 67 108 67C136 67 153 89 153 116S131 165 104 165C69 165 43 139 43 91C43 31 110 -15 191 -15C263 -15 321 6 378 45C463 101 526 197 557 304C588 413 618 487 671 539L658 553Z"></path></g></svg> symmetry.</div></div><div class="floats-full-page-content"><table class="figure-group"><tr class="fig-image"><td><object data="https://d31iiq90dwlpfy.cloudfront.net/articles/research/volume-2019/8345683/figures/8345683.fig.001.svgz" name="8345683.fig.001" type="image/svg+xml"></object></td></tr></table></div></div>

Figure 1 | Ultrathin Acoustic Parity-Time Symmetric Metasurface Cloak

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Figure 1: Ultrathin Acoustic Parity-Time Symmetric Metasurface Cloak

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