Performance analysis of evacuated solar thermal panels with an infrared mirror

C D'Alessandro, D De Maio, M Musto, D De Luca… - Applied Energy, 2021 - Elsevier
Reducing thermal losses in solar thermal devices is fundamental for enhancing conversion
efficiencies, particularly at high operating temperatures. In this work, we consider the …

Narrowband mid-infrared transmission filtering of a single layer dielectric grating

JM Foley, SM Young, JD Phillips - Applied Physics Letters, 2013 - pubs.aip.org
We experimentally demonstrate a simple narrowband transmission filter using a silicon/air
grating, exhibiting broadband high-reflectance between 8 and 14 μm and narrow …

Mid-infrared active graphene nanoribbon plasmonic waveguide devices

KJA Ooi, HS Chu, LK Ang, P Bai - JOSA B, 2013 - opg.optica.org
Doped graphene emerges as a strong contender for active plasmonic material in mid-
infrared wavelengths due to the versatile external control of its permittivity function and also …

Polymer photonic crystal membrane for thermo-regulating textile

S Assaf, M Boutghatin, Y Pennec, V Thomy… - Scientific reports, 2020 - nature.com
We study numerically the absorption and scattering properties of a polymer photonic
membrane to thermoregulate the human body microclimate which corresponds to the area …

Long-wavelength infrared transmission filters via two-step subwavelength dielectric gratings

M Scherr, M Barrow, J Phillips - Optics letters, 2017 - opg.optica.org
We experimentally demonstrate a long-wavelength infrared narrowband transmission filter
using an asymmetric subwavelength dielectric grating. A two-step grating geometry is used …

Single-band high absorption and coupling between localized surface plasmons modes in a metamaterials absorber

M Zhong, SJ Liu, BL Xu, J Wang, HQ Huang - Optical Materials, 2017 - Elsevier
In this paper, we design and simulate a metamaterials absorbers based on the resonance of
the local surface plasmon (LSP) mode. The damping constant of gold layer is optimized in …

[HTML][HTML] Charging suppression in focused-ion beam fabrication of visible subwavelength dielectric grating reflector using electron conducting polymer

MS Alias, HY Liao, TK Ng, BS Ooi - Journal of Vacuum Science & …, 2015 - pubs.aip.org
Nanoscale periodic patterning on insulating materials using focused-ion beam (FIB) is
challenging because of charging effect, which causes pattern distortion and resolution …

Experimentally-implemented genetic algorithm (Exp-GA): toward fully optimal photovoltaics

YK Zhong, SM Fu, NP Ju, PY Chen, A Lin - Optics Express, 2015 - opg.optica.org
The geometry and dimension design is the most critical part for the success in nano-
photonic devices. The choices of the geometrical parameters dramatically affect the device …

Arbitrarily-wide-band dielectric mirrors and their applications to sige solar cells

YK Zhong, SM Fu, SL Yan, PY Chen… - IEEE Photonics …, 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The dielectric mirror is an important optical component for optoelectronic devices, passive
photonic devices, and solar cells. Unfortunately, the reflection bandwidth of distributed …

Compact polarizers with single layer high-index contrast gratings

G Zheng, J Cong, L Xu, W Su - Infrared Physics & Technology, 2014 - Elsevier
A single-layer broadband polarizer has been designed for operating in the
telecommunication wavelength band. The rigorous coupled-wave analysis (RCWA) is …