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Zhu H, Li Q, Zheng C, Hong Y, Xu Z, Wang H, Shen W, Kaur S, Ghosh P, Qiu M. High-temperature infrared camouflage with efficient thermal management. LIGHT, SCIENCE & APPLICATIONS 2020; 9:60. [PMID: 32337024 PMCID: PMC7156722 DOI: 10.1038/s41377-020-0300-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 75] [Impact Index Per Article: 18.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/08/2020] [Revised: 03/20/2020] [Accepted: 03/23/2020] [Indexed: 05/15/2023]
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High-temperature infrared (IR) camouflage is crucial to the effective concealment of high-temperature objects but remains a challenging issue, as the thermal radiation of an object is proportional to the fourth power of temperature (T4). Here, we experimentally demonstrate high-temperature IR camouflage with efficient thermal management. By combining a silica aerogel for thermal insulation and a Ge/ZnS multilayer wavelength-selective emitter for simultaneous radiative cooling (high emittance in the 5-8 μm non-atmospheric window) and IR camouflage (low emittance in the 8-14 μm atmospheric window), the surface temperature of an object is reduced from 873 to 410 K. The IR camouflage is demonstrated by indoor/outdoor (with/without earthshine) radiation temperatures of 310/248 K for an object at 873/623 K and a 78% reduction in with-earthshine lock-on range. This scheme may introduce opportunities for high-temperature thermal management and infrared signal processing.
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- Huanzheng Zhu
- State Key Laboratory of Modern Optical Instrumentation, College of Optical Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310027 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Modern Optical Instrumentation, College of Optical Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310027 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Modern Optical Instrumentation, College of Optical Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310027 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Modern Optical Instrumentation, College of Optical Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310027 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Modern Optical Instrumentation, College of Optical Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310027 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Modern Optical Instrumentation, College of Optical Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310027 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Modern Optical Instrumentation, College of Optical Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310027 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Modern Optical Instrumentation, College of Optical Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310027 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Modern Optical Instrumentation, College of Optical Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310027 China
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- Key Laboratory of 3D Micro/Nano Fabrication and Characterization of Zhejiang Province, School of Engineering, Westlake University, 18 Shilongshan Road, Hangzhou, 310024 China
- Institute of Advanced Technology, Westlake Institute for Advanced Study, 18 Shilongshan Road, Hangzhou, 310024 China
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Thermal stability of tungsten based metamaterial emitter under medium vacuum and inert gas conditions. Sci Rep 2020; 10:3605. [PMID: 32107414 PMCID: PMC7046693 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-60419-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/23/2019] [Accepted: 02/12/2020] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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Commercial deployment of thermophotovoltaics (TPV) is lacking behind the implementation of solar PV technology due to limited thermal stability of the selective emitter structures. Most of the TPV emitters demonstrated so far are designed to operate under high vacuum conditions (~10-6 mbar vacuum pressure), whereas under medium vacuum conditions (~10-2 mbar vacuum pressure), which are feasible in technical implementations of TPV, these emitters suffer from oxidation due to significant O2 partial pressure. In this work, the thermal stability of 1D refractory W-HfO2 based multilayered metamaterial emitter structure is investigated under different vacuum conditions. The impact of the O2 partial pressure on thermal stability of the emitters is experimentally quantified. We show that, under medium vacuum conditions, i.e. ~10-2 mbar vacuum pressure, the emitter shows unprecedented thermal stability up to 1300 °C when the residual O2 in the annealing chamber is minimized by encapsulating the annealing chamber with Ar atmosphere. This study presents a significant step in the experimental implementation of high temperature stable emitters under medium vacuum conditions, and their potential in construction of economically viable TPV systems. The high TPV efficiency, ~50% spectral efficiency for GaSb PV cell at 1300 °C, and high temperature stability make this platform well suited for technical application in next-generation TPV systems.
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Zhou Y, Liang Z, Qin Z, Hou E, Shi X, Zhang Y, Xiong Y, Tang Y, Fan Y, Yang F, Liang J, Chen C, Lai J. Small-sized long wavelength infrared absorber with perfect ultra-broadband absorptivity. OPTICS EXPRESS 2020; 28:1279-1290. [PMID: 32121842 DOI: 10.1364/oe.382776] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/08/2019] [Accepted: 12/22/2019] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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Two types of ultra-broadband long wavelength infrared (LWIR) absorbers with small period and super thin thickness are designed. The absorption with high absorptivity and large bandwidth is achieved through combined propagating and localized surfaced plasmon resonances. We first design a three-layer absorber with a Ti-Ge-Ti configuration, the period of the structure is only 1.4 µm (nearly 1/8 of the center wavelength), the thickness of its dielectric is only 0.5 µm (1/22 of the center wavelength), and the average absorption is 87.9% under normal incident from 8µm to 14µm. Furthermore, the four-layer absorber with a Ti-Ge-Si3N4-Ti configuration is designed to obtain more average absorption increasing to 94.5% from 8 µm to 14µm under normal incident, the period of the structure increases to 1.6 µm and the total thickness of dielectric increases to 0.6µm. The proposed absorber is polarization-independent and possesses a good tolerance of incident angle. We calculate that the average absorption of the four-layer absorber for both TE- and TM-modes still exceeds 90% up to an incident angle of θ = 40° (90.7% for TE-mode, 91.9% for TM-mode), and exceed 80% up to an incident angle of θ = 60° (80.2% for TE-mode, 82.1% for TM-mode).
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Jiang X, Wang T, Zhong Q, Yan R, Huang X. Ultrabroadband light absorption based on photonic topological transitions in hyperbolic metamaterials. OPTICS EXPRESS 2020; 28:705-714. [PMID: 32118993 DOI: 10.1364/oe.382139] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/04/2019] [Accepted: 12/13/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Photonic topological transitions (PTTs) in metamaterials open up a novel approach to design a variety of high-performance optical devices and provide a flexible platform for manipulating light-matter interactions at nanoscale. Here, we present a wideband spectral-selective solar absorber based on multilayered hyperbolic metamaterial (HMM). Absorptivity of higher than 90% at normal incidence is supported over a wide wavelength range from 300 to 2215 nm, due to the topological change in the isofrequency surface (IFS). The operating bandwidth can be flexibly tailored by adjusting the thicknesses of the metal and dielectric layers. Moreover, the near-ideal absorption performance can be retained well at a wide angular range regardless of the incident light polarization. These features make the proposed design hold great promise for practical applications in energy harvesting.
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Molesky S, Jin W, Venkataram PS, Rodriguez AW. T Operator Bounds on Angle-Integrated Absorption and Thermal Radiation for Arbitrary Objects. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2019; 123:257401. [PMID: 31922767 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.123.257401] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/11/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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We derive fundamental per-channel bounds on angle-integrated absorption and thermal radiation for arbitrarily structured bodies-for any given material susceptibility and bounding region-that simultaneously encode both the per-volume limit on polarization set by passivity and geometric constraints on radiative efficiencies set by finite object sizes through the scattering T operator. We then analyze these bounds in two practical settings, comparing against prior limits as well as near optimal structures discovered through topology optimization. Principally, we show that the bounds properly capture the physically observed transition from the volume scaling of absorptivity seen in deeply subwavelength objects (nanoparticle radius or thin film thickness) to the area scaling of absorptivity seen in ray optics (blackbody limits).
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- Sean Molesky
- Department of Electrical Engineering, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544, USA
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- Department of Electrical Engineering, Standford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA
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- Department of Electrical Engineering, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544, USA
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- Department of Electrical Engineering, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544, USA
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Starko-Bowes R, Wang X, Xu Z, Pramanik S, Lu N, Li T, Jacob Z. High-Temperature Polaritons in Ceramic Nanotube Antennas. NANO LETTERS 2019; 19:8565-8571. [PMID: 31581774 DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.9b03059] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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High-temperature thermal photonics presents unique challenges for engineers as the database of materials that can withstand extreme environments are limited. In particular, ceramics with high temperature stability that can support coupled light-matter excitations, that is, polaritons, open new avenues for engineering radiative heat transfer. Hexagonal boron nitride (hBN) is an emerging ceramic 2D material that possesses low-loss polaritons in two spectrally distinct mid-infrared frequency bands. The hyperbolic nature of these frequency bands leads to a large local density of states (LDOS). In 2D form, these polaritonic states are dark modes, bound to the material. In cylindrical form, boron nitride nanotubes (BNNTs) create subwavelength particles capable of coupling these dark modes to radiative ones. In this study, we leverage the high-frequency optical phonons present in BNNTs to create strong mid-IR thermal antenna emitters at high temperatures (938 K). Through direct measurement of thermal emission of a disordered system of BNNTs, we confirm their radiative polaritonic modes and show that the antenna behavior can be observed even in a disordered system. These are among the highest-frequency optical phonon polaritons that exist and could be used as high-temperature mid-IR thermal nanoantenna sources.
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- Birck Nanotechnology Center , Purdue University , West Lafayette , Indiana 47907 , United States
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- Birck Nanotechnology Center , Purdue University , West Lafayette , Indiana 47907 , United States
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- Birck Nanotechnology Center , Purdue University , West Lafayette , Indiana 47907 , United States
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- Birck Nanotechnology Center , Purdue University , West Lafayette , Indiana 47907 , United States
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- University of Alberta , Edmonton , Alberta T6G 2R3 , Canada
- Birck Nanotechnology Center , Purdue University , West Lafayette , Indiana 47907 , United States
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Blandre E, Vaillon R, Drévillon J. New insights into the thermal behavior and management of thermophotovoltaic systems. OPTICS EXPRESS 2019; 27:36340-36349. [PMID: 31873415 DOI: 10.1364/oe.27.036340] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/10/2019] [Accepted: 11/15/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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The thermal behavior of a thermophotovoltaic system composed of a metallo-dielectric spectrally selective radiator at high temperature and a GaSb photovoltaic cell in the far field is investigated. Using a coupled radiative, electrical and thermal model, we highlight that, without a large conductive-convective heat transfer coefficient applied to the cell, the rise in temperature of the photovoltaic cell induces dramatic efficiency losses. We then investigate solutions to mitigate thermal effects, such as radiative cooling or the decrease of the emissivity or the temperature of the radiator. Without extending the radiating area beyond that of the cell, gains by radiative cooling are marginal. However, for a given radiator temperature, decreasing its emissivity is beneficial to conversion efficiency and, in cases of limited conductive-convective cooling capacities, even leads to larger electrical power outputs. More importantly, for a realistic radiator structure made of tungsten and hafnium oxide, larger conversion efficiencies are reached with smaller radiator temperatures because thermal losses and thus needs for cooling are less.
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Shaltout AM, Shalaev VM, Brongersma ML. Spatiotemporal light control with active metasurfaces. Science 2019; 364:364/6441/eaat3100. [PMID: 31097638 DOI: 10.1126/science.aat3100] [Citation(s) in RCA: 205] [Impact Index Per Article: 41.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/10/2018] [Accepted: 04/17/2019] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Optical metasurfaces have provided us with extraordinary ways to control light by spatially structuring materials. The space-time duality in Maxwell's equations suggests that additional structuring of metasurfaces in the time domain can even further expand their impact on the field of optics. Advances toward this goal critically rely on the development of new materials and nanostructures that exhibit very large and fast changes in their optical properties in response to external stimuli. New physics is also emerging as ultrafast tuning of metasurfaces is becoming possible, including wavelength shifts that emulate the Doppler effect, Lorentz nonreciprocity, time-reversed optical behavior, and negative refraction. The large-scale manufacturing of dynamic flat optics has the potential to revolutionize many emerging technologies that require active wavefront shaping with lightweight, compact, and power-efficient components.
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- Amr M Shaltout
- Geballe Lab for Advanced Materials, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
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- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Birck Nanotechnology Center, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47906, USA
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- Geballe Lab for Advanced Materials, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA.
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Jeon N, Mandia DJ, Gray SK, Foley JJ, Martinson ABF. High-Temperature Selective Emitter Design and Materials: Titanium Aluminum Nitride Alloys for Thermophotovoltaics. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2019; 11:41347-41355. [PMID: 31652047 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.9b13944] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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The efficiency of a thermophotovoltaic (TPV) system depends critically upon the spectral selectivity and stability of an emitter, which may operate most effectively at temperatures in excess of 1000 °C. We computationally design and experimentally demonstrate a novel selective emitter design based on multilayer nanostructures, robust to off-normal emission angles. A computational search of the material and temperature compatibility space of simple emitter designs motivates new material classes and identifies several promising multilayer nanostructure designs for both TPV absorber and emitter applications. One such structure, comprising a thin (<100 nm) tunable TixAl1-xN (TiAlN) absorber and refractory oxide Bragg reflector is grown on W metal foil. In agreement with simulations, the emitter achieves record spectral efficiency (43.4%) and power density (3.6 W/cm2) for an emitter with at least 1 h of high temperature (>800 °C) operation.
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- Department of Chemistry , William Paterson University , 300 Pompton Road , Wayne , New Jersey 07470 , United States
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Doiron CF, Naik GV. Non-Hermitian Selective Thermal Emitters using Metal-Semiconductor Hybrid Resonators. ADVANCED MATERIALS (DEERFIELD BEACH, FLA.) 2019; 31:e1904154. [PMID: 31531907 DOI: 10.1002/adma.201904154] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2019] [Revised: 08/27/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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All open systems that exchange energy with their environment are non-Hermitian. Thermal emitters are open systems that can benefit from the rich set of physical phenomena enabled by their non-Hermitian description. Using phase, symmetry, chirality, and topology, thermal radiation from hot surfaces can be unconventionally engineered to generate light with new states. Such thermal emitters are necessary for a wide variety of applications in sensing and energy conversion. Here, a non-Hermitian selective thermal emitter is experimentally demonstrated, which exhibits passive PT-symmetry in thermal emission at 700 °C. Furthermore, the effect of internal phase of the oscillator system on far-field thermal radiation is experimentally demonstrated. The ability to tune the oscillator phase provides new pathways for both engineering and controlling selective thermal emitters for applications in sensing and energy conversion.
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- Chloe F Doiron
- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Rice University, Houston, TX, 77005, USA
- Applied Physics Graduate Program, Smalley-Curl Institute, Rice University, Houston, TX, 77005, USA
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- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Rice University, Houston, TX, 77005, USA
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Cho JW, Lee KJ, Lee TI, Kim YB, Choi DG, Nam Y, Kim SK. Optical Tunneling Mediated Sub-Skin-Depth High Emissivity Tungsten Radiators. NANO LETTERS 2019; 19:7093-7099. [PMID: 31469959 DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.9b02585] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Tailoring the spectrum of thermal radiation at high temperatures is a central issue in the study of thermal radiation harnessed energy resources. Although bulk metals with periodic cavities incorporated into their surfaces provide high emissivity, they require a complicated micron metal etch, thereby precluding reliable, continuous operation. Here, we report thermally stable, highly emissive, ultrathin (<20 nm) tungsten (W) radiators that were prepared in a scalable and cost-effective route. Alumina/W/alumina multiwalled, submicron cavity arrays were fabricated sequentially using nanoimprinting lithography, thin film deposition, and calcination processes. To highlight the practical importance of high-temperature radiators, we developed a thermophotovoltaic (TPV) system equipped with fabricated W radiators and low-bandgap GaSb photovoltaic cells. The TPV system produced electric power reliably during repeated temperature cycling between 500 and 1200 K; the power density at 1200 K was fixed to be approximately 1.0 W/cm2. The temperature-dependent electric power was quantitatively reproduced using a one-dimensional energy conversion model. The symmetric configuration of alumina/W/alumina multiwall together with the presence of a void inside each cavity alleviated thermal stress, which was responsible for the stable TPV performance. The short-current-density (JSC) of developed TPV system was augmented significantly by decreasing the W thickness below its skin depth. A 17 nm thick W radiator yielded a 32% enhancement in JSC compared to a 123 nm thick W radiator. Electromagnetic analysis indicated that subskin-depth W cavity arrays led to suppressed surface reflection due to the mitigated screening effect of free electrons, thereby enhancing the absorption of light within each W wall. Such optical tunneling-mediated absorption or radiation was valid for any metal material and morphology (e.g., planar or patterned).
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- Nano-convergence Mechanical Systems Research Division , Korea Institute of Machinery and Materials , Daejeon , 34103 , Republic of Korea
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Bang S, So S, Rho J. Realization of broadband negative refraction in visible range using vertically stacked hyperbolic metamaterials. Sci Rep 2019; 9:14093. [PMID: 31575903 PMCID: PMC6773722 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-50434-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/30/2019] [Accepted: 09/10/2019] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Negative refraction has generated much interest recently with its unprecedented optical phenomenon. However, a broadband negative refraction has been challenging because they mainly involve optical resonances. This paper reports the realization of broadband negative refraction in the visible spectrum by using vertically-stacked metal-dielectric multilayer structures. Such structure exploits the characteristics of the constituent metal and dielectric materials, and does not require resonance to achieve negative refraction. Broadband negative refraction (wavelength 270–1300 nm) is numerically demonstrated. Compared to conventional horizontally-stacked multilayer structures, the vertically-stacked multilayer structure has a broader range of working wavelength in the visible range, with higher transmittance. We also report a variety of material combinations with broad working wavelength. The broadband negative refraction metamaterial provides an effective way to manipulate light and may have applications in super-resolution imaging, and invisibility cloaks.
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- Sanghun Bang
- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH), Pohang, 37673, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH), Pohang, 37673, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH), Pohang, 37673, Republic of Korea. .,Department of Chemical Engineering, Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH), Pohang, 37673, Republic of Korea. .,National Institute of Nanomaterials Technology (NINT), Pohang, 37673, Republic of Korea.
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Cai Y, Huang Y, Zhu K, Wu H. Direction-independent dual-band perfect absorption induced by fundamental magnetic polaritons. OPTICS EXPRESS 2019; 27:A1431-A1440. [PMID: 31684496 DOI: 10.1364/oe.27.0a1431] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/29/2019] [Accepted: 08/02/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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In this paper, we designed a single sized Metal-Insulator Pair-Metal hybrid grating for dual-band perfect absorption from 8 μm to 14 μm utilizing both nondispersive insulators and dispersive phonic insulators. The hybrid grating was composed of Al/ZnTe-SiC pair/Al, which incorporated an ultrathin phononic SiC layer between the nondispersive ZnTe dielectric spacer and Al substrate. The physical mechanisms responsible for the dual-band perfect absorption were elucidated by the resonance of fundamental magnetic polaritons (MPs). Dual-band perfect absorption with incident angle insensitive feature was enabled. An equivalent LC circuit model predicting the dual-band resonant absorption peaks wavelengths was proposed and verified. Furthermore, the effects of grating period, strip width, nondispersive dielectric spacer thickness and polar phononic dielectric spacer thickness on the absorption were explored.
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Baranov DG, Xiao Y, Nechepurenko IA, Krasnok A, Alù A, Kats MA. Nanophotonic engineering of far-field thermal emitters. NATURE MATERIALS 2019; 18:920-930. [PMID: 31133732 DOI: 10.1038/s41563-019-0363-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 91] [Impact Index Per Article: 18.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/02/2018] [Accepted: 04/02/2019] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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Thermal emission is a ubiquitous and fundamental process by which all objects at non-zero temperatures radiate electromagnetic energy. This process is often assumed to be incoherent in both space and time, resulting in broadband, omnidirectional light emission toward the far field, with a spectral density related to the emitter temperature by Planck's law. Over the past two decades, there has been considerable progress in engineering the spectrum, directionality, polarization and temporal response of thermally emitted light using nanostructured materials. This Review summarizes the basic physics of thermal emission, lays out various nanophotonic approaches to engineer thermal emission in the far field, and highlights several applications, including energy harvesting, lighting and radiative cooling.
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- Denis G Baranov
- Department of Physics, Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA
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- Photonics Initiative, Advanced Science Research Center, City University of New York, New York, NY, USA
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- Photonics Initiative, Advanced Science Research Center, City University of New York, New York, NY, USA
- Physics Program, Graduate Center, City University of New York, New York, NY, USA
- Department of Electrical Engineering, City College of the City University of New York, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA.
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA.
- Department of Physics, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA.
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Bhatt GR, Dutt A, Miller SA, St-Gelais R, Barbosa FAS, Nussenzveig PA, Lipson M. Broadband enhancement of thermal radiation. OPTICS EXPRESS 2019; 27:A818-A828. [PMID: 31252857 DOI: 10.1364/oe.27.00a818] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/11/2019] [Accepted: 04/21/2019] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Broadband thermal radiation sources are critical for various applications including spectroscopy and electricity generation. However, due to the difficulty in simultaneously achieving high absorptivity and low thermal mass these sources are inefficient. We show a platform that enables one to obtain enhanced emission by coupling a thermal emitter to an optical cavity. We experimentally demonstrate broadband enhancement of thermal emission between λ ~2 ̶ 4.2 μm using an inherently poor thermal emitter consisting of tens of nanometers thick SiC film with 10% emissivity (εSiC ~0.1). We measure over twofold enhancement of total emission power over the entire spectral band and threefold enhancement of thermal emission over 3 to 3.4 μm. Our platform has the potential to enable development of ideal blackbody sources operating at substantially lower heating powers.
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Metamaterial emitter for thermophotovoltaics stable up to 1400 °C. Sci Rep 2019; 9:7241. [PMID: 31076610 PMCID: PMC6510906 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-43640-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/22/2019] [Accepted: 04/26/2019] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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High temperature stable selective emitters can significantly increase efficiency and radiative power in thermophotovoltaic (TPV) systems. However, optical properties of structured emitters reported so far degrade at temperatures approaching 1200 °C due to various degradation mechanisms. We have realized a 1D structured emitter based on a sputtered W-HfO2 layered metamaterial and demonstrated desired band edge spectral properties at 1400 °C. To the best of our knowledge the temperature of 1400 °C is the highest reported for a structured emitter, so far. The spatial confinement and absence of edges stabilizes the W-HfO2 multilayer system to temperatures unprecedented for other nanoscaled W-structures. Only when this confinement is broken W starts to show the well-known self-diffusion behavior transforming to spherical shaped W-islands. We further show that the oxidation of W by atmospheric oxygen could be prevented by reducing the vacuum pressure below 10−5 mbar. When oxidation is mitigated we observe that the 20 nm spatially confined W films survive temperatures up to 1400 °C. The demonstrated thermal stability is limited by grain growth in HfO2, which leads to a rupture of the W-layers, thus, to a degradation of the multilayer system at 1450 °C.
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Roberts JA, Yu SJ, Ho PH, Schoeche S, Falk AL, Fan JA. Tunable Hyperbolic Metamaterials Based on Self-Assembled Carbon Nanotubes. NANO LETTERS 2019; 19:3131-3137. [PMID: 30950280 DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.9b00552] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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We show that packed, horizontally aligned films of single-walled carbon nanotubes are hyperbolic metamaterials with ultrasubwavelength unit cells and dynamic tunability. Using Mueller matrix ellipsometry, we characterize the films' optical properties, which are doping level dependent, and find a broadband hyperbolic region tunable in the mid-infrared. To characterize the dispersion of in-plane hyperbolic plasmon modes, we etch the nanotube films into nanoribbons with differing widths and orientations relative to the nanotube axis, and we observe that the hyperbolic modes support strong light localization. An agreement between the experiments and theoretical models using the ellipsometry data indicates that the packed carbon nanotubes support bulk anisotropic responses at the nanoscale. Self-assembled films of carbon nanotubes are well-suited for applications in thermal emission and photodetection, and they serve as model systems for studying light-matter interactions in the deep subwavelength regime.
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- John Andris Roberts
- Department of Applied Physics , Stanford University , Stanford , California 94305 , United States
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- Department of Electrical Engineering , Stanford University , Stanford , California 94305 , United States
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- Department of Electrical Engineering , Stanford University , Stanford , California 94305 , United States
- IBM T.J. Watson Research Center , Yorktown Heights , New York 10598 , United States
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- J.A. Woollam Co., Inc. , Lincoln , Nebraska 68508 , United States
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- IBM T.J. Watson Research Center , Yorktown Heights , New York 10598 , United States
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- Department of Electrical Engineering , Stanford University , Stanford , California 94305 , United States
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Vassant S, Hugonin JP, Greffet JJ. Quasi-confined ENZ mode in an anisotropic uniaxial thin slab. OPTICS EXPRESS 2019; 27:12317-12335. [PMID: 31052774 DOI: 10.1364/oe.27.012317] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/31/2019] [Accepted: 03/21/2019] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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In this paper, we present a numerical modal study of a simple slab, made of an uniaxial anisotropic material having an "epsilon-near-zero" (ENZ) dielectric function, surrounded by vacuum. We use two Drude models with a different plasma frequency for the direction parallel and perpendicular to the slab surface as toy models to study the effect of uniaxial anisotropy of type I (∊‖ > 0, ∊⊥ < 0) and type II (∊‖ < 0, ∊⊥ > 0) on the different electromagnetic modes of the system. In addition to the so-called ENZ mode, studied in detail by Campione et. al [ Phys. Rev. B91, 121408(R) (2015)], the slab can support quasi-confined (QC) mode in the type I and type II anisotropy frequency ranges. We show that those modes exhibit a strong electric field enhancement, caused by the ENZ character of the dielectric function. In strong contrast with the ENZ mode, QC modes can have a strong electric field enhancement for thick slabs, with a Fabry-Perot-like electromagnetic field distribution spanning over the whole slab thickness. This opens the way for large electric field enhancement in thick slabs with QC ENZ modes. Thick slabs also allow metamaterial designs, giving the possibility to engineer the anisotropy of the effective dielectric function, opening interesting perspectives for the control of field enhancement of the ENZ QC modes and their integration in operating devices, such as detectors, sources, or modulators.
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Kim JH, Jung SM, Shin MW. Thermal degradation of refractory layered metamaterial for thermophotovoltaic emitter under high vacuum condition. OPTICS EXPRESS 2019; 27:3039-3054. [PMID: 30732331 DOI: 10.1364/oe.27.003039] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/22/2018] [Accepted: 01/09/2019] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Emissivity-tunable metamaterials of layered refractory metal and dielectric have great potentials as a simple thermophotovoltaic (TPV) selective emitter due to its near-omnidirectional, polarization-independent, and broadband selective emissivity. However, it is known that the stability of the layered structure is limited by the oxidation of metals. While there still exists ambiguity concerning the main source of oxygen between adjacent oxide layers and external residual oxygen, most reports focus on the adjacent layers. In this report, thermal stability of a tungsten-based layered metamaterial is investigated under a high-vacuum environment with great care to reduce residual oxygen. The results show unprecedented thermal stability up to 1200 °C for 3 h without any measurable oxidation of metal. This implies that the interlayer diffusion of oxygen from adjacent oxide layers is not exclusively responsible for the oxidation of metal. At such a high temperature, the layered metamaterial theoretically yields a high convertible radiative power density of 3.04 W/cm2 with comparable spectral efficiency of 40.2%. Finally, after performing series of thermal tests under higher thermal loads, we propose a novel high-temperature degradation model for layered metamaterials, the stability of which is ultimately limited by the agglomeration of thin metal layers.
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Luo X. Subwavelength Artificial Structures: Opening a New Era for Engineering Optics. ADVANCED MATERIALS (DEERFIELD BEACH, FLA.) 2019; 31:e1804680. [PMID: 30468525 DOI: 10.1002/adma.201804680] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/21/2018] [Revised: 08/17/2018] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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In the past centuries, the scale of engineering optics has evolved toward two opposite directions: one is represented by giant telescopes with apertures larger than tens of meters and the other is the rapidly developing micro/nano-optics and nanophotonics. At the nanoscale, subwavelength light-matter interaction is blended with classic and quantum effects in various functional materials such as noble metals, semiconductors, phase-change materials, and 2D materials, which provides unprecedented opportunities to upgrade the performance of classic optical devices and overcome the fundamental and engineering difficulties faced by traditional optical engineers. Here, the research motivations and recent advances in subwavelength artificial structures are summarized, with a particular emphasis on their practical applications in super-resolution and large-aperture imaging systems, as well as highly efficient and spectrally selective absorbers and emitters. The role of dispersion engineering and near-field coupling in the form of catenary optical fields is highlighted, which reveals a methodology to engineer the electromagnetic response of complex subwavelength structures. Challenges and tentative solutions are presented regarding multiscale design, optimization, fabrication, and system integration, with the hope of providing recipes to transform the theoretical and technological breakthroughs on subwavelength hierarchical structures to the next generation of engineering optics, namely Engineering Optics 2.0.
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- Xiangang Luo
- State Key Laboratory of Optical Technologies on Nano-Fabrication and Micro-Engineering, Institute of Optics and Electronics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu, 610209, China
- School of Optoelectronics, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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Yan D, Lu W, Qiu L, Meng Z, Qiao Y. Thermal and stress tension dual-responsive photonic crystal nanocomposite hydrogels. RSC Adv 2019; 9:21202-21205. [PMID: 35521329 PMCID: PMC9066047 DOI: 10.1039/c9ra02768h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/12/2019] [Accepted: 06/15/2019] [Indexed: 01/21/2023] Open
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Easily prepared dual-responsive optical nanocomposite hydrogel (ONH) sensors which are responsive to tension and temperature are reported in which polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA) colloidal arrays were embedded into the hydrogels to obtain an optical response. Because of the band gap in the photonic crystal (PhC), the bright color of ONHs can be tuned by an external stimulus according to Bragg’s law. Thermosensitive N-isopropyl acrylamide (NiPAm) is added to the gel system, and by controlling NiPAm content and temperature, the contraction of the dual-response ONHs and the structural color response in the visible light range can change accordingly. Meanwhile, the temperature responses can be repeated more than seven times. Owing to the high biocompatibility, the excellent temperature response and the good mechanical strength of the ONHs, such optical biosensors have wide application in the biological field as an external stimulus sensor for implantable sensors, intracorporeal pressure measurement, and body temperature detection. Easily prepared dual-responsive optical nanocomposite hydrogel (ONH) sensors which are responsive to tension and temperature are reported.![]()
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- Dan Yan
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
- Beijing Institute of Technology
- Beijing
- China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
- Beijing Institute of Technology
- Beijing
- China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
- Beijing Institute of Technology
- Beijing
- China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
- Beijing Institute of Technology
- Beijing
- China
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- College of Mechanical and Materials Engineering
- North China University of Technology
- Beijing 100144
- China
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Ito K, Yamada Y, Miura A, Iizuka H. High-aspect-ratio mushroom-like silica nanopillars immersed in air: epsilon-near-zero metamaterials mediated by a phonon-polaritonic anisotropy. RSC Adv 2019; 9:16431-16438. [PMID: 35516384 PMCID: PMC9064425 DOI: 10.1039/c9ra02494h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/03/2019] [Accepted: 05/20/2019] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Epsilon-near-zero metamaterials offer opportunities for intriguing electromagnetic-wave phenomena. Here we experimentally demonstrate that silica perpendicular nanopillars immersed in air exhibit a uniaxial epsilon-near-zero response mediated by phonon polaritons in the mid-infrared range. Unique mushroom-shaped heads on nanopillars play a crucial role to realize SiO2 metamaterials over a large area in our self-assembled fabrication process with block copolymers, polystyrene-block-poly(dimethylsiloxane) (PS-b-PDMS). SiO2 nanopillars having heights of 80 nm, 200 nm, and 300 nm (aspect ratios up to ∼13) are obtained after calcination at 450 °C and the electromagnetic responses are evaluated using a mid-infrared ellipsometric apparatus. For nanopillars with 200 nm height, the permittivity of the perpendicular component ε⊥ approaches to near zero (0.2) while the parallel component ε‖ shows a value of 1.8. The measured uniaxial epsilon-near-zero responses are excellently reproduced by the effective medium theory. Our results, therefore, indicate that SiO2 nanopillars/air uniaxial epsilon-near-zero metamaterials in the mid-infrared range can be amenable to large scale fabrication. High-aspect-ratio mushroom-like silica nanopillars fabricated from self-assembly of block-copolymers exhibit a uniaxial epsilon-near-zero response in the mid-infrared range.![]()
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- Kota Ito
- Toyota Central Research & Development Laboratories, Inc
- Nagakute
- Japan
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- Toyota Central Research & Development Laboratories, Inc
- Nagakute
- Japan
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- Toyota Central Research & Development Laboratories, Inc
- Nagakute
- Japan
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- Toyota Research Institute of North America
- Toyota Motor North America
- Ann Arbor
- USA
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Chang CC, Kort-Kamp WJM, Nogan J, Luk TS, Azad AK, Taylor AJ, Dalvit DAR, Sykora M, Chen HT. High-Temperature Refractory Metasurfaces for Solar Thermophotovoltaic Energy Harvesting. NANO LETTERS 2018; 18:7665-7673. [PMID: 30395478 DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.8b03322] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Solar energy promises a viable solution to meet the ever-increasing power demand by providing a clean, renewable energy alternative to fossil fuels. For solar thermophotovoltaics (STPV), high-temperature absorbers and emitters with strong spectral selectivity are imperative to efficiently couple solar radiation into photovoltaic cells. Here, we demonstrate refractory metasurfaces for STPV with tailored absorptance and emittance characterized by in situ high-temperature measurements, featuring thermal stability up to at least 1200 °C. Our tungsten-based metasurface absorbers have close-to-unity absorption from visible to near-infrared and strongly suppressed emission at longer wavelengths, while our metasurface emitters provide wavelength-selective emission spectrally matched to the band-edge of InGaAsSb photovoltaic cells. The projected overall STPV efficiency is as high as 18% when a fully integrated absorber/emitter metasurface structure is employed, which is comparable to the efficiencies of the best currently available commercial single-junction PV cells and can be further improved to potentially exceed those in mainstream photovoltaic technologies. Our work opens a path forward for high-performance STPV systems based on refractory metasurface structures.
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- Chun-Chieh Chang
- Center for Integrated Nanotechnologies , Los Alamos National Laboratory , Los Alamos , New Mexico 87545 , United States
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- Center for Nonlinear Studies , Los Alamos National Laboratory , Los Alamos , New Mexico 87545 , United States
- Theoretical Division , Los Alamos National Laboratory , Los Alamos , New Mexico 87545 , United States
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- Center for Integrated Nanotechnologies , Sandia National Laboratories , Albuquerque , New Mexico 87123 , United States
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- Center for Integrated Nanotechnologies , Sandia National Laboratories , Albuquerque , New Mexico 87123 , United States
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- Center for Integrated Nanotechnologies , Los Alamos National Laboratory , Los Alamos , New Mexico 87545 , United States
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- Chemistry, Life, and Earth Sciences Directorate , Los Alamos National Laboratory , Los Alamos , New Mexico 87545 , United States
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- Theoretical Division , Los Alamos National Laboratory , Los Alamos , New Mexico 87545 , United States
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- Chemistry Division , Los Alamos National Laboratory , Los Alamos , New Mexico 87545 , United States
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- Center for Integrated Nanotechnologies , Los Alamos National Laboratory , Los Alamos , New Mexico 87545 , United States
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Silva-Oelker G, Jerez-Hanckes C, Fay P. Study of W/HfO 2 grating selective thermal emitters for thermophotovoltaic applications. OPTICS EXPRESS 2018; 26:A929-A936. [PMID: 30470023 DOI: 10.1364/oe.26.00a929] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/27/2018] [Accepted: 08/21/2018] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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This paper explores the performance potential of gratings based on tungsten/hafnia (W/HfO2) stacks for thermophotovoltaic thermal emitters via numerical simulations. Structures consisting of a W grating over a HfO2 spacer layer and a W substrate are analyzed over a range of geometries. For shallow gratings (W grating thickness much smaller than the grating pitch), an emittance of 99.9% can be achieved for transverse magnetic (TM) polarization, but the transverse electric (TE) performance is appreciably lower. For deep gratings (W grating thickness on the order of the grating pitch), peak emittances of 97.8% and 99.7% for TE and TM polarizations, respectively, are achieved. We find that both surface plasmon polaritons and magnetic polaritons play a crucial role in shaping the emittance for TM radiation. On the other hand, cavity resonances are responsible for the almost perfect emittance in the case of TE polarization. These results suggest that by introducing an HfO2 layer it is possible to reach high emittance for operating temperatures that match the absorption characteristics of GaSb and InGaAs photovoltaic cells.
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Qu Y, Li Q, Cai L, Pan M, Ghosh P, Du K, Qiu M. Thermal camouflage based on the phase-changing material GST. LIGHT, SCIENCE & APPLICATIONS 2018; 7:26. [PMID: 30839556 PMCID: PMC6107009 DOI: 10.1038/s41377-018-0038-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 89] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/01/2018] [Revised: 05/18/2018] [Accepted: 05/21/2018] [Indexed: 05/14/2023]
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Camouflage technology has attracted growing interest for many thermal applications. Previous experimental demonstrations of thermal camouflage technology have not adequately explored the ability to continuously camouflage objects either at varying background temperatures or for wide observation angles. In this study, a thermal camouflage device incorporating the phase-changing material Ge2Sb2Te5 (GST) is experimentally demonstrated. It has been shown that near-perfect thermal camouflage can be continuously achieved for background temperatures ranging from 30 °C to 50 °C by tuning the emissivity of the device, which is attained by controlling the GST phase change. The thermal camouflage is robust when the observation angle is changed from 0° to 60°. This demonstration paves the way toward dynamic thermal emission control both within the scientific field and for practical applications in thermal information.
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- Yurui Qu
- State Key Laboratory of Modern Optical Instrumentation, College of Optical Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310027 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Modern Optical Instrumentation, College of Optical Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310027 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Modern Optical Instrumentation, College of Optical Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310027 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Modern Optical Instrumentation, College of Optical Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310027 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Modern Optical Instrumentation, College of Optical Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310027 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Modern Optical Instrumentation, College of Optical Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310027 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Modern Optical Instrumentation, College of Optical Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310027 China
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Li W, Fan S. Nanophotonic control of thermal radiation for energy applications [Invited]. OPTICS EXPRESS 2018; 26:15995-16021. [PMID: 30114851 DOI: 10.1364/oe.26.015995] [Citation(s) in RCA: 79] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/02/2018] [Accepted: 04/17/2018] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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The ability to control thermal radiation is of fundamental importance for a wide range of applications. Nanophotonic structures, where at least one of the structural features are at a wavelength or sub-wavelength scale, can have thermal radiation properties that are drastically different from conventional thermal emitters, and offer exciting opportunities for energy applications. Here we review recent developments of nanophotonic control of thermal radiation, and highlight some exciting energy application opportunities, such as daytime radiative cooling, thermal textile, and thermophotovoltaic systems that are enabled by nanophotonic structures.
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Du K, Cai L, Luo H, Lu Y, Tian J, Qu Y, Ghosh P, Lyu Y, Cheng Z, Qiu M, Li Q. Wavelength-tunable mid-infrared thermal emitters with a non-volatile phase changing material. NANOSCALE 2018; 10:4415-4420. [PMID: 29451573 DOI: 10.1039/c7nr09672k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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The ability to continuously tune the emission wavelength of mid-infrared thermal emitters while maintaining high peak emissivity remains a challenge. By incorporating the nonvolatile phase changing material Ge2Sb2Te5 (GST), two different kinds of wavelength-tunable mid-infrared thermal emitters based on simple layered structures (GST-Al bilayer and Cr-GST-Au trilayer) are demonstrated. Aiming at high peak emissivity at a tunable wavelength, an Al film and an ultrathin (∼5 nm) top Cr film are adopted for these two structures, respectively. The gradual phase transition of GST provides a tunable peak wavelength between 7 μm and 13 μm while high peak emissivity (>0.75 and >0.63 for the GST-Al and Cr-GST-Au emitters, respectively) is maintained. This study shows the capability of controlling the thermal emission wavelength, the application of which may be extended to gas sensors, infrared imaging, solar thermophotovoltaics, and radiative coolers.
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- Kaikai Du
- State Key Laboratory of Modern Optical Instrumentation, College of Optical Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University, 310027, Hangzhou, China.
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Guo Z, Jiang H, Li Y, Chen H, Agarwal GS. Enhancement of electromagnetically induced transparency in metamaterials using long range coupling mediated by a hyperbolic material. OPTICS EXPRESS 2018; 26:627-641. [PMID: 29401945 DOI: 10.1364/oe.26.000627] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/17/2017] [Accepted: 01/02/2018] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Near-field coupling is a fundamental physical effect, which plays an important role in the establishment of classical analog of electromagnetically induced transparency (EIT). However, in a normal environment the coupling length between the bright and dark artificial atoms is very short and far less than one wavelength, owing to the exponentially decaying property of near fields. In this work, we report the realization of a long range EIT, by using a hyperbolic metamaterial (HMM) which can convert the near fields into high-k propagating waves to overcome the problem of weak coupling at long distance. Both simulation and experiment show that the coupling length can be enhanced by nearly two orders of magnitude with the aid of a HMM. This long range EIT might be very useful in a variety of applications including sensors, detectors, switch, long-range energy transfer, etc.
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Wu D, Liu C, Liu Y, Xu Z, Yu Z, Yu L, Chen L, Ma R, Zhang J, Ye H. Numerical study of a wide-angle polarization-independent ultra-broadband efficient selective metamaterial absorber for near-ideal solar thermal energy conversion. RSC Adv 2018; 8:21054-21064. [PMID: 35539953 PMCID: PMC9080943 DOI: 10.1039/c8ra01524d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/19/2018] [Accepted: 05/19/2018] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Highly efficient solar absorption is very promising for many practical applications, such as power generation, desalination, wastewater treatment and steam generation. Nevertheless, so far, near-ideal solar thermal energy conversion is still difficult to achieve, which requires a near-perfect absorption from the UV to the near-infrared region and meanwhile a mid-and-far infrared absorption close to zero. Here, by employing FEM and FDTD methods respectively, a nearly omnidirectional ultra-broadband efficient selective solar absorber based on a nanoporous hyperbolic metamaterial (HMM) structure is proposed and numerically demonstrated, which can achieve an extremely high average absorption efficiency above 98.9% within the range of 260–1580 nm. More significantly, in the respect of physical mechanism, the near-perfect solar absorption of this multilayered nanostructures is primarily due to the excitation of magnetic and electric resonances resulting from localized surface plasmon resonance at metal/dielectric interfaces, working completely different from those previously reported tapered multilayered absorbers associated with the slow-light effect. Besides, for retaining heat, a low emissivity is realized in mid-infrared region, causing a near-ideal total solar-thermal conversion efficiency up to 90.32% at 373.15 K (ηideal = 95.6%), which is particularly useful in solar steam generation. Detailed studies are also performed for higher operating temperatures, which indicates efficient solar thermal conversions also can be well maintained by tuning geometric parameters at higher temperatures. Taking into consideration of the practical application, even with ±60 degrees angle of incidence, average absorptivity higher than 90% can be still obtained in the whole solar spectrum at both TE and TM polarization. The near-perfect absorption, wide angle, polarization independence, spectral selectivity and high tunability make this solar absorber promising for practical applications in solar energy harvesting. A selective solar absorber based on a nanoporous HMM structure is numerically demonstrated to achieve near-ideal solar-thermal conversion.![]()
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- Dong Wu
- State Key Laboratory of Information Photonics and Optical Communications
- Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications
- Beijing 100876
- China
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- State Key Laboratory of Information Photonics and Optical Communications
- Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications
- Beijing 100876
- China
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- State Key Laboratory of Information Photonics and Optical Communications
- Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications
- Beijing 100876
- China
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- State Key Laboratory of Information Photonics and Optical Communications
- Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications
- Beijing 100876
- China
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- State Key Laboratory of Information Photonics and Optical Communications
- Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications
- Beijing 100876
- China
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- State Key Laboratory of Information Photonics and Optical Communications
- Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications
- Beijing 100876
- China
- School of Science
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- State Key Laboratory of Information Photonics and Optical Communications
- Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications
- Beijing 100876
- China
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- State Key Laboratory of Information Photonics and Optical Communications
- Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications
- Beijing 100876
- China
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- State Key Laboratory of Information Photonics and Optical Communications
- Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications
- Beijing 100876
- China
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- State Key Laboratory of Information Photonics and Optical Communications
- Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications
- Beijing 100876
- China
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Zhang C, Hong N, Ji C, Zhu W, Chen X, Agrawal A, Zhang Z, Tiwald TE, Schoeche S, Hilfiker JN, Guo LJ, Lezec HJ. Robust Extraction of Hyperbolic Metamaterial Permittivity using Total Internal Reflection Ellipsometry. ACS PHOTONICS 2018; 5:10.1021/acsphotonics.8b00086. [PMID: 30997368 PMCID: PMC6463533 DOI: 10.1021/acsphotonics.8b00086] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/15/2023]
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Hyperbolic metamaterials are optical materials characterized by highly anisotropic effective permittivity tensor components having opposite signs along orthogonal directions. The techniques currently employed for characterizing the optical properties of hyperbolic metamaterials are limited in their capability for robust extraction of the complex permittivity tensor. Here we demonstrate how an ellipsometry technique based on total internal reflection can be leveraged to extract the permittivity of hyperbolic metamaterials with improved robustness and accuracy. By enhancing the interaction of light with the metamaterial stacks, improved ellipsometric sensitivity for subsequent permittivity extraction is obtained. The technique does not require any modification of the hyperbolic metamaterial sample or sophisticated ellipsometry set-up, and could therefore serve as a reliable and easy-to-adopt technique for characterization of a broad class of anisotropic metamaterials.
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- Cheng Zhang
- Center for Nanoscale Science and Technology, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD, 20899, USA
- Maryland Nanocenter, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, 20742, USA
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- J. A. Woollam Co., Inc., Lincoln, NE, 68508, USA
- Corresponding Authors: (N. Hong):.; (L. J. Guo):.; (H. J. Lezec):.
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- Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, 48105, USA
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- Center for Nanoscale Science and Technology, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD, 20899, USA
- Maryland Nanocenter, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, 20742, USA
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- Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, 48105, USA
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- Center for Nanoscale Science and Technology, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD, 20899, USA
- Maryland Nanocenter, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, 20742, USA
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- Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, 48105, USA
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- Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, 48105, USA
- Corresponding Authors: (N. Hong):.; (L. J. Guo):.; (H. J. Lezec):.
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- Center for Nanoscale Science and Technology, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD, 20899, USA
- Corresponding Authors: (N. Hong):.; (L. J. Guo):.; (H. J. Lezec):.
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Hajian H, Ghobadi A, Butun B, Ozbay E. Nearly perfect resonant absorption and coherent thermal emission by hBN-based photonic crystals. OPTICS EXPRESS 2017; 25:31970-31987. [PMID: 29245865 DOI: 10.1364/oe.25.031970] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/03/2017] [Accepted: 12/01/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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In this paper, we numerically demonstrate mid-IR nearly perfect resonant absorption and coherent thermal emission for both polarizations and wide angular region using multilayer designs of unpatterned films of hexagonal boron nitride (hBN). In these optimized structures, the films of hBN are transferred onto a Ge spacer layer on top of a one-dimensional photonic crystal (1D PC) composed of alternating layers of KBr and Ge. According to the perfect agreements between our analytical and numerical results, we discover that the mentioned optical characteristic of the hBN-based 1D PCs is due to a strong coupling between localized photonic modes supported by the PC and the phononic modes of hBN films. These coupled modes are referred as Tamm phonons. Moreover, our findings prove that the resonant absorptions can be red- or blue-shifted by changing the thickness of hBN and the spacer layer. The obtained results in this paper are beneficial for designing coherent thermal sources, light absorbers, and sensors operating within 6.2 μm to 7.3 μm in a wide angular range and both polarizations. The planar and lithography free nature of this multilayer design is a prominent factor that makes it a large scale compatible design.
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Gong Y, Wang Z, Li K, Uggalla L, Huang J, Copner N, Zhou Y, Qiao D, Zhu J. Highly efficient and broadband mid-infrared metamaterial thermal emitter for optical gas sensing. OPTICS LETTERS 2017; 42:4537-4540. [PMID: 29088207 DOI: 10.1364/ol.42.004537] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/01/2017] [Accepted: 10/05/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Development of a novel, cost-effective, and highly efficient mid-infrared light source has been identified as a major scientific and technological goal within the area of optical gas sensing. We have proposed and investigated a mid-infrared metamaterial thermal emitter based on micro-structured chromium thin film. The results demonstrate that the proposed thermal light source supports broadband and wide angular absorption of both TE- and TM-polarized light, giving rise to broadband thermal radiation with averaged emissivity of ∼0.94 in a mid-infrared atmospheric window of 8-14 μm. The proposed microphotonic concept provides a promising alternative mid-infrared source and paves the way towards novel optical gas sensing platforms for many applications.
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Ultrawide thermal free-carrier tuning of dielectric antennas coupled to epsilon-near-zero substrates. Nat Commun 2017; 8:472. [PMID: 28883391 PMCID: PMC5589832 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-017-00615-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/16/2017] [Accepted: 07/14/2017] [Indexed: 11/11/2022] Open
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The principal challenge for achieving reconfigurable optical antennas and metasurfaces is the need to generate continuous and large tunability of subwavelength, low-Q resonators. We demonstrate continuous and steady-state refractive index tuning at mid-infrared wavelengths using temperature-dependent control over the low-loss plasma frequency in III–V semiconductors. In doped InSb we demonstrate nearly two-fold increase in the electron effective mass leading to a positive refractive index shift (Δn > 1.5) that is an order of magnitude greater than conventional thermo-optic effects. In undoped films we demonstrate more than 10-fold change in the thermal free-carrier concentration producing a near-unity negative refractive index shift. Exploiting both effects within a single resonator system—intrinsic InSb wires on a heavily doped (epsilon-near-zero) InSb substrate—we demonstrate dynamically steady-state tunable Mie resonances. The observed line-width resonance shifts (Δλ > 1.7 μm) suggest new avenues for highly tunable and steady-state mid-infrared semiconductor antennas. Achieving large tunability of subwavelength resonators is a central challenge in nanophotonics. Here the authors demonstrate refractive index tuning at mid-infrared wavelengths using temperature-dependent control over the low loss plasma frequency in III-V semiconductors.
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Kim J, Han K, Hahn JW. Selective dual-band metamaterial perfect absorber for infrared stealth technology. Sci Rep 2017; 7:6740. [PMID: 28751736 PMCID: PMC5532238 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-06749-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 127] [Impact Index Per Article: 18.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/03/2017] [Accepted: 06/16/2017] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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We propose a dual-band metamaterial perfect absorber with a metal-insulator-metal structure (MIM) for use in infrared (IR) stealth technology. We designed the MIM structure to have surface plasmon polariton (SPP) and magnetic polariton (MP) resonance peaks at 1.54 μm and 6.2 μm, respectively. One peak suppresses the scattering signals used by laser-guided missiles, and the other matches the atmospheric absorption band, thereby enabling the suppression of long-wavelength IR (LWIR) and mid-wavelength IR (MWIR) signals from objects as they propagate through the air. We analysed the spectral properties of the resonance peaks by comparing the wavelength of the MP peak calculated using the finite-difference time-domain method with that obtained by utilizing an inductor-capacitor circuit model. We evaluated the dependence of the performance of the dual-band metamaterial perfect absorber on the incident angle of light at the surface. The proposed absorber was able to reduce the scattering of 1.54 μm IR laser light by more than 90% and suppress the MWIR and LWIR signatures by more than 92%, as well as maintain MWIR and LWIR signal reduction rates greater than 90% across a wide temperature range from room temperature to 500 °C.
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- Jagyeong Kim
- Nano Photonics Laboratory, School of Mechanical Engineering, Yonsei University, 50 Yonsei-ro, Seodeamun-gu, Seoul, 03722, Republic of Korea
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- Nano Photonics Laboratory, School of Mechanical Engineering, Yonsei University, 50 Yonsei-ro, Seodeamun-gu, Seoul, 03722, Republic of Korea
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- Nano Photonics Laboratory, School of Mechanical Engineering, Yonsei University, 50 Yonsei-ro, Seodeamun-gu, Seoul, 03722, Republic of Korea.
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Zhang C, Kinsey N, Chen L, Ji C, Xu M, Ferrera M, Pan X, Shalaev VM, Boltasseva A, Guo LJ. High-Performance Doped Silver Films: Overcoming Fundamental Material Limits for Nanophotonic Applications. ADVANCED MATERIALS (DEERFIELD BEACH, FLA.) 2017; 29:1605177. [PMID: 28318121 DOI: 10.1002/adma.201605177] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/25/2016] [Revised: 01/31/2017] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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The field of nanophotonics has ushered in a new paradigm of light manipulation by enabling deep subdiffraction confinement assisted by metallic nanostructures. However, a key limitation which has stunted a full development of high-performance nanophotonic devices is the typical large losses associated with the constituent metals. Although silver has long been known as the highest quality plasmonic material for visible and near infrared applications, its usage has been limited due to practical issues of continuous thin film formation, stability, adhesion, and surface roughness. Recently, a solution is proposed to the above issues by doping a proper amount of aluminum during silver deposition. In this work, the potential of doped silver for nanophotonic applications is presented by demonstrating several high-performance key nanophotonic devices. First, long-range surface plasmon polariton waveguides show propagation distances of a few centimeters. Second, hyperbolic metamaterials consisting of ultrathin Al-doped Ag films are attained having a homogeneous and low-loss response, and supporting a broad range of high-k modes. Finally, transparent conductors based on Al-doped Ag possess both a high and flat transmittance over the visible and near-IR range.
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- Cheng Zhang
- Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, 48109, USA
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- School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Birck Nanotechnology Center, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, 47907, USA
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- Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, 48109, USA
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- Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, 48109, USA
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, 48109, USA
- Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, University of California-Irvine, Irvine, CA, 92697, USA
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- School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Birck Nanotechnology Center, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, 47907, USA
- Institute of Photonics and Quantum Sciences, Heriot-Watt University, SUPA, Edinburgh, Scotland, EH14 4AS, UK
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- Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, University of California-Irvine, Irvine, CA, 92697, USA
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of California-Irvine, Irvine, CA, 92697, USA
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- School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Birck Nanotechnology Center, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, 47907, USA
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- School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Birck Nanotechnology Center, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, 47907, USA
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- Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, 48109, USA
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