If successful, the outcome of the META-FORET project is not limited to the no-matter-how-beautiful idea that a physics phenomenon as complex as metamaterial physics can find a spectacular demonstration at the human scale with an object as natural and as common as a forest of trees. Such a multidisciplinary experiment that combines physics and geophysics that cover scales ranging from micrometer to kilometer will have strong media impact both in the scientific community and with the general (...)

We believe that if successful, this project will lead to strong physical and geophysical applications, including, for example :
1. Forbidden frequency bands, or ‘bandgaps’, can be exploitable for the cancellation of ambient seismic noise at locations where ground vibrations are an issue, for example for highly sensitive scientific measurements (e.g., local vibration of a large astronomic lens). Similarly, the sub-wavelength focusing that results from an anomalous dispersion curve inside (...)