Design of acoustic metamaterials using the covariance matrix adaptation evolutionary strategy

Acoustic metamaterials can manipulate sound waves in surprising ways, including the focusing, cloaking, and extraordinary transmitting of sound waves. With the increasing requirements for acoustic metamaterials with extreme parameters, we propose the design of acoustic meta-atoms with a large refraction index using the covariance matrix adaptation evolutionary optimization strategy. To validate the procedure, we propose an optimized metamaterial to construct an acoustic deflection lens. The full-wave simulation results are consistent with the theoretical predictions, showing the efficacy and accuracy of the proposed method, and indicating that the optimization algorithm is a powerful tool for designing meta-atoms with excellent applications. (C) 2017 The Japan Society of Applied Physics