Incandescent metasurfaces: A tutorial

Incandescence has long been the most popular source of light, despite a number of limitations in terms of efficiency, polarization, and coherence. In the last twenty years, it has been shown that most of these limitations can be overcome by taking advantage of the advances in nanophotonics. In this...

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Main Authors: Jean-Jacques Greffet, Benjamin Vest, Patrick Bouchon, Bo Zhao
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Language:English
Published: AIP Publishing LLC 2024-11-01
Series:APL Photonics
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/5.0223889
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description Incandescence has long been the most popular source of light, despite a number of limitations in terms of efficiency, polarization, and coherence. In the last twenty years, it has been shown that most of these limitations can be overcome by taking advantage of the advances in nanophotonics. In this paper, we provide a tutorial presentation of the field with emphasis on the fundamental principles used to control the properties of thermal radiation in the far field. We introduce several figures of merit and list some directions for future work.
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spelling doaj-art-b8dfca9ca2f842a590bb22258597afa52025-08-20T02:18:47ZengAIP Publishing LLCAPL Photonics2378-09672024-11-01911111101111101-1410.1063/5.0223889Incandescent metasurfaces: A tutorialJean-Jacques Greffet0Benjamin Vest1Patrick Bouchon2Bo Zhao3Université Paris-Saclay, Institut d’Optique Graduate School, CNRS, Lab. Charles Fabry, Palaiseau, FranceUniversité Paris-Saclay, Institut d’Optique Graduate School, CNRS, Lab. Charles Fabry, Palaiseau, FranceDOTA, ONERA, Université Paris-Saclay, Palaiseau, FranceDepartment of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of Houston, Houston, Texas 77004, USAIncandescence has long been the most popular source of light, despite a number of limitations in terms of efficiency, polarization, and coherence. In the last twenty years, it has been shown that most of these limitations can be overcome by taking advantage of the advances in nanophotonics. In this paper, we provide a tutorial presentation of the field with emphasis on the fundamental principles used to control the properties of thermal radiation in the far field. We introduce several figures of merit and list some directions for future work.http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/5.0223889
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