“…23 However, in systems similar to that studied in the present work, substitution of the spheres by cylinders, spheroids, or scatterers of other shape would not lead to qualitatively different results although, in some cases, degeneracies that arise from the high symmetry of the sphere may be removed. We expect that the present work will open new possibilities in the design of Lamb-wave delay lines, filters and resonators, based on phononic-crystal slabs, which might be useful for acoustoelastic devices, 24 telecommunication applications, 25,26 etc.…”