Review on the scientific and technological breakthroughs in thermal emission engineering

JE Vázquez-Lozano, I Liberal - ACS Applied Optical Materials, 2024 - ACS Publications
The emission of thermal radiation is a physical process of fundamental and technological
interest. From different approaches, thermal radiation can be regarded as one of the basic …

Dual-polarization strong nonreciprocal radiation by the 2D GaAs nanograting

X Shi, B Wang - Applied Physics Letters, 2024 - pubs.aip.org
Nonreciprocity has become a research hotspot in the field of thermal radiation. Nonetheless,
the majority of current nonreciprocal thermal radiation is confined to TM polarization. This …

Nonreciprocity in transmission mode with planar structures for arbitrarily polarized light

MF Picardi, VI Moerbeek, M Pascale… - Optical Materials …, 2024 - opg.optica.org
Approaching thermodynamic limits in light harvesting requires enabling nonreciprocal
thermal emission. The majority of previously reported nonreciprocal thermal emitters operate …

Silicon cylinders hollowed for nonreciprocal thermal radiation under a magnetic field of 1 T

X Huang, B Wang, J Zhou, J Ye - International Journal of Heat and Mass …, 2025 - Elsevier
Nonreciprocal thermal radiation represents an innovative approach to radiative heat transfer
that overcomes the symmetric reciprocity constraints imposed by Kirchhoff's law. However …

Thermal non-equilibrium process for nonreciprocity with dual-TE/single-TM peaks

Y Xu, B Wang, J Ye, J Zhou - Chaos, Solitons & Fractals, 2025 - Elsevier
In this study, we present a nonreciprocal thermal emitter with dual-polarization capabilities,
utilizing a monolayer silicon ring array featuring circular voids. The device demonstrates …

Building epsilon near zero materials from layered uniaxial metamaterials

SK Gray, Y Hong, DP Nicholls - Optics Express, 2025 - opg.optica.org
Recently, there has been an explosion of activity in the fields of optics and photonics with the
advent of fabrication techniques which enable the design of metamaterials which possess …

Multi-channel wide-angle nonreciprocal thermal radiator with planar heterostructure

Z Wang, S Xu, L Qian, G Zheng - Micro and Nanostructures, 2025 - Elsevier
From the perspective of application at mid-infrared frequencies, omnidirectional
nonreciprocal thermal radiation represents a critical need for effective thermal energy …