Topological valley waveguide state transport based on the nesting difference

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Acoustic topological waveguide states are characterized by topologically protected transport. Existing acoustic topological valley-locked waveguide state transport structures can only realize single-scene acoustic field modulation due to the limitation of structural tunability, and it is difficult to realize width degree of freedom and reconfigurable transport paths of acoustic waves by adjusting the transport structure for complex acoustic field. Therefore, the transport structures become a conceptualized idea in terms of tunability. Our study introduces a nesting method in the design of the sonic crystal scatterer, which splits the scatterer structure into a removable outer shell and a core, and three topological phase transitions can be realized by only changing the nesting method of the sonic crystal shell, this approach constructs a fully reconfigurable topological waveguide. The results demonstrate that changing the nesting of the sonic crystals induces effective spatial inversion symmetry breaking, which leads to the valley topological phase transitionSimulations and experiments demonstrate that this transport structure has excellent robust transport properties with large inflection corners, and it is capable of realizing acoustic focusing, acoustic channeling, and acoustic logic gates. This fully reconfigurable sonic crystal design method can provide implications for the modulation of other classical waves.