TR2016-142

Thermal Emitter Design based on Gap and Spacer Plasmon Mode Coupling

    •  Wang, J., Wang, B., Lin, C., Teo, K.H., "Thermal Emitter Design based on Gap and Spacer Plasmon Mode Coupling", OSA Light, Energy and the Environment Congress, DOI: 10.1364/​PV.2016.PTh4A.4, November 2016.
      BibTeX TR2016-142 PDF
      • @inproceedings{Wang2016nov2,
      • author = {Wang, Jianjian and Wang, Bingnan and Lin, Chungwei and Teo, Koon Hoo},
      • title = {Thermal Emitter Design based on Gap and Spacer Plasmon Mode Coupling},
      • booktitle = {OSA Light, Energy and the Environment Congress},
      • year = 2016,
      • month = nov,
      • doi = {10.1364/PV.2016.PTh4A.4},
      • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2016-142}
      • }
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    Applied Physics

Abstract:

We propose tungsten based thermal emitters. With a simple three-layer metaldielectric-metal design we obtain over 0.9 emittance between 0.5 and 2.2 um, which is achieved by strong coupling between gap and spacer plasmon resonances.