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Controlling thermal emission with refractory epsilon-near-zero metamaterials via topological transitions

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  • P. N. Dyachenko

    (Institute of Optical and Electronic Materials, Hamburg University of Technology)

  • S. Molesky

    (University of Alberta)

  • A. Yu Petrov

    (Institute of Optical and Electronic Materials, Hamburg University of Technology
    ITMO University)

  • M. Störmer

    (Institute of Materials Research, Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht Centre for Materials and Coastal Research)

  • T. Krekeler

    (Electron Microscopy Unit, Hamburg University of Technology)

  • S. Lang

    (Institute of Optical and Electronic Materials, Hamburg University of Technology)

  • M. Ritter

    (Electron Microscopy Unit, Hamburg University of Technology)

  • Z. Jacob

    (University of Alberta
    Birck Nanotechnology Center, School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Purdue University)

  • M. Eich

    (Institute of Optical and Electronic Materials, Hamburg University of Technology)

Abstract

Control of thermal radiation at high temperatures is vital for waste heat recovery and for high-efficiency thermophotovoltaic (TPV) conversion. Previously, structural resonances utilizing gratings, thin film resonances, metasurfaces and photonic crystals were used to spectrally control thermal emission, often requiring lithographic structuring of the surface and causing significant angle dependence. In contrast, here, we demonstrate a refractory W-HfO2 metamaterial, which controls thermal emission through an engineered dielectric response function. The epsilon-near-zero frequency of a metamaterial and the connected optical topological transition (OTT) are adjusted to selectively enhance and suppress the thermal emission in the near-infrared spectrum, crucial for improved TPV efficiency. The near-omnidirectional and spectrally selective emitter is obtained as the emission changes due to material properties and not due to resonances or interference effects, marking a paradigm shift in thermal engineering approaches. We experimentally demonstrate the OTT in a thermally stable metamaterial at high temperatures of 1,000 °C.

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  • P. N. Dyachenko & S. Molesky & A. Yu Petrov & M. Störmer & T. Krekeler & S. Lang & M. Ritter & Z. Jacob & M. Eich, 2016. "Controlling thermal emission with refractory epsilon-near-zero metamaterials via topological transitions," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 7(1), pages 1-8, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcom:v:7:y:2016:i:1:d:10.1038_ncomms11809
    DOI: 10.1038/ncomms11809
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    1. Yehonatan Gelkop & Fabrizio Mei & Sagi Frishman & Yehudit Garcia & Ludovica Falsi & Galina Perepelitsa & Claudio Conti & Eugenio DelRe & Aharon J. Agranat, 2021. "Hyperbolic optics and superlensing in room-temperature KTN from self-induced k-space topological transitions," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 12(1), pages 1-7, December.

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