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The mismatch of acoustic impedance at water-air interface can lead a low transmitted sound energy. In this paper, we propose a discrete metasurface for extreme sound transmission based on the impedance matching theory. By employing topology optimization, discrete unit cells with different aspect ratios are designed with unitary sound transmission. The unit cell of continuous metasurface is also obtained for comparison. After analyzing the wide-angle performance of discrete unit cells, samples of both discrete and continuous metasurfaces are fabricated. Sound transmission enhancement of discrete metasurface is clearly measured compared to the bare water-air interface. And the amplitude is relatively larger than that of the continuous sample. Experimental results are in general agreement with numerical ones when viscosity of the sample is considered. Furthermore, the frequency shifts between experiment and simulation are attributed to the random immersion of unit cells for discrete metasurface and the bending of continuous metasurface, respectively. The present work suggests an alternative way for improving the efficiency of water-air acoustic communication., Comment: 18pages, 10figures

Seismic metamaterials (SMs) are expected to assist or replace traditional isolation systems owing to their strong attenuation of seismic waves. In this paper, a one-dimensional inverted T-shaped SM (1D ITSM) with an ultra-wide first bandgap (FBG) is proposed. The complex band structures are calculated to analyze the wave characteristics of the surface waves in the SMs. We find that the FBG of the 1D ITSM is composed of two parts; part 1 with surface evanescent waves and part 2 with no surface modes. Similar results are found in the complex band structure of the FBG of the SM consisting of periodically arranged pillars and substrate. The propagation of seismic surface waves in the 1D ITSM is different in these two frequency ranges of the FBG. In part 1, the seismic surface waves are significantly attenuated in the 1D ITSM, while in part 2, the surface waves are converted into bulk waves. Finally, the ultra-wide FBG is verified by using a kind of the two-dimensional ITSM in large-scale field experiments., Comment: 30 pages,15 figures