Thermal emission control with surface waves

Jean-Jacques Greffet (1) , Daniele Costantini (1) , G Brucoli (1) , H. Benisty (1) , F. Marquier (1)

1 Laboratoire Charles Fabry / Naphel

Cheap and practical infra red (IR) sources are incandescent sources such as globar or hot membranes. These sources are broadband, omnidirectional, have a low efficiency and cannot be modulated faster than 100 Hz. In this paper, we show how it is possible to overcome all these limitations by taking advantage of surface waves.

Domaines: Optique [physics.optics]

Jean-Jacques Greffet, Daniele Costantini, G Brucoli, H. Benisty, F. Marquier. Thermal emission control with surface waves. CLEO-QELS Fundamental Science 2014, Jun 2014, San Jose, United States. pp.FTu3C.3, ⟨10.1364/CLEO_QELS.2014.FTu3C.3⟩. ⟨hal-01662071⟩