Broadband circularly polarized thermal radiation from magnetic Weyl semimetals

Y Wang, C Khandekar, X Gao, T Li, D Jiao… - Optical Materials …, 2021 - opg.optica.org
Optical Materials Express, 2021opg.optica.org
We numerically demonstrate that a planar slab made of magnetic Weyl semimetal (a class of
topological materials) can emit high-purity circularly polarized (CP) thermal radiation over a
broad mid-and long-wave infrared wavelength range for a significant portion of its emission
solid angle. This effect fundamentally arises from the strong infrared gyrotropy or
nonreciprocity of these materials, which primarily depends on the momentum separation
between Weyl nodes in the band structure. We clarify the dependence of this effect on the …
We numerically demonstrate that a planar slab made of magnetic Weyl semimetal (a class of topological materials) can emit high-purity circularly polarized (CP) thermal radiation over a broad mid- and long-wave infrared wavelength range for a significant portion of its emission solid angle. This effect fundamentally arises from the strong infrared gyrotropy or nonreciprocity of these materials, which primarily depends on the momentum separation between Weyl nodes in the band structure. We clarify the dependence of this effect on the underlying physical parameters and highlight that the spectral bandwidth of CP thermal emission increases with increasing momentum separation between the Weyl nodes. We also demonstrate, using the recently developed thermal discrete dipole approximation (TDDA) computational method, that finite-size bodies of magnetic Weyl semimetals can emit spectrally broadband CP thermal light, albeit over smaller portion of the emission solid angle compared to the planar slabs. Our work identifies unique fundamental and technological prospects of magnetic Weyl semimetals for engineering thermal radiation and designing efficient CP light sources.
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