Optical metasurfaces for energy conversion

E Cortés, FJ Wendisch, L Sortino, A Mancini… - Chemical …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Nanostructured surfaces with designed optical functionalities, such as metasurfaces, allow
efficient harvesting of light at the nanoscale, enhancing light–matter interactions for a wide …

Dynamic modulation of thermal emission—a tutorial

MF Picardi, KN Nimje, GT Papadakis - Journal of Applied Physics, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
Thermal emission is typically associated with a blackbody at a temperature above absolute
zero, which exchanges energy with its environment in the form of radiation. Blackbody …

Color-preserving passive radiative cooling for an actively temperature-regulated enclosure

Y Zhu, H Luo, C Yang, B Qin, P Ghosh, S Kaur… - Light: Science & …, 2022 - nature.com
Active temperature control devices are widely used for the thermal management of
enclosures, including vehicles and buildings. Passive radiative cooling has been …

Asymmetric directional control of thermal emission

J Yu, R Qin, Y Ying, M Qiu, Q Li - Advanced Materials, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Control over the directionality of thermal emission plays a fundamental role in efficient heat
transport. Although nanophotonic technologies have demonstrated the capability for angular …

Night-time radiative warming using the atmosphere

Y Zhu, Y Zhou, B Qin, R Qin, M Qiu, Q Li - Light: Science & Applications, 2023 - nature.com
Night-time warming is vital for human production and daily life. Conventional methods like
active heaters are energy-intensive, while passive insulating films possess restrictions …

Large circular dichroism in the emission from an incandescent metasurface

A Nguyen, JP Hugonin, AL Coutrot, E Garcia-Caurel… - Optica, 2023 - opg.optica.org
Compact sources in the mid-wave infrared (MWIR) are needed for applications ranging from
spectroscopy to free-space communication. Ultrathin incandescent metasurfaces are …

Whole LWIR directional thermal emission based on ENZ thin films

Y Ying, B Ma, J Yu, Y Huang, P Ghosh… - Laser & Photonics …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Long‐wave infrared (LWIR) of 8–14 μm is an imperative atmospheric transmission window
for applications such as infrared detectors, radiative cooling, and infrared stealth. Attempts to …

Lattice Mie resonances and emissivity enhancement in mid-infrared iron pyrite metasurfaces

MS Islam, VE Babicheva - Optics Express, 2023 - opg.optica.org
High-refractive-index antennas with characteristic dimensions comparable to wavelength
have a remarkable ability to support pronounces electric and magnetic dipole resonances …

2D Silver-Nanoplatelets Metasurface for Bright Directional Photoluminescence, Designed with the Local Kirchhoff's Law

E Bailly, JP Hugonin, JR Coudevylle, C Dabard… - ACS …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Semiconductor colloidal nanocrystals are excellent light emitters in terms of efficiency and
spectral control. They can be integrated with a metasurface to make ultrathin …

Anisotropic absorber and tunable source of MIR radiation based on a black phosphorus-SiC metasurface

H Hajian, ID Rukhlenko, GW Hanson… - Photonics and …, 2022 - Elsevier
We propose a black phosphorus-silicon carbide (BP-SiC) metasurface with in-plane
structural symmetry that can act as both a nearly perfect anisotropic absorber and tunable …