This paper proposes a 1D plasmonic multilayer structure as a high-contrast mid-infrared thermal emitter with three distinct resonant wavelengths. The three resonance modes, based on the localized surface plasmon, provide an omnidirectional thermal emission. The emissivity spectrum reveals high polarization and strongly angle-independent properties. The resonance-assisted emissivity can be as high as 19.5 dB relative to off-resonant sideband emissivity. Such extremely low sideband emissivity makes the proposed plasmonic thermal emitter an efficient, high-contrast emitter, which will be useful for thermophotovoltaic and thermal sensing applications.
References
1.
2.
A. D.
Lenert
, M.
Bierman
, Y.
Nam
, W. R.
Chan
, I.
Celanović
, M.
Soljačić
, and E. N.
Wang
, Nat. Nanotechnol.
9
, 126
–130
(2014
).3.
M. D.
Zoysa
, T.
Asano
, K.
Mochizuki
, A.
Oskooi
, T.
Inoue
, and S.
Noda
, Nat. Photonics
6
, 535
–539
(2012
).4.
V. V.
Sherstnev
, A. M.
Monakhov
, A.
Krier
, and G.
Hill
, Appl. Phys. Lett.
77
, 3908
–3910
(2000
).5.
B. A.
Matveev
, N. V.
Zotova
, N. D.
Il'inskaya
, S. A.
Karandashev
, M. A.
Remennyi
, N. M.
Stus'
, and G. N.
Talalakin
, J. Mod. Opt.
49
, 743
–756
(2002
).6.
J. S.
Yu
, S. R.
Darvish
, A.
Evans
, J.
Nguyen
, S.
Slivken
, and M.
Razeghi
, Appl. Phys. Lett.
88
, 041111
(2006
).7.
C. L.
Canedy
, W. W.
Bewley
, J. R.
Lindle
, C. S.
Kim
, M.
Kim
, I.
Vurgaftman
, and J. R.
Meyer
, Appl. Phys. Lett.
88
, 161103
(2006
).8.
S.
Maruyama
, T.
Kashiwa
, H.
Yugami
, and M.
Esashi
, Appl. Phys. Lett.
79
, 1393
–1395
(2001
).9.
K.
Ikeda
, H. T.
Miyazaki
, T.
Kasaya
, K.
Yamamoto
, Y.
Inoue
, K.
Fujimura
, T.
Kanakugi
, M.
Okada
, K.
Hatada
, and S.
Kitagawa
, Appl. Phys. Lett.
92
, 021117
(2008
).10.
J. A.
Schuller
, T.
Taubner
, and M. L.
Brongersma
, Nat. Photonics
3
, 658
–661
(2009
).11.
C.-M.
Wang
and D.-Y.
Feng
, Opt. Express
22
, 1313
–1318
(2014
).12.
C.-M.
Wang
and D. P.
Tsai
, IEEE J. Sel. Top. Quantum Electron.
19
, 4601005
(2013
).13.
K. A.
Arpin
, M. D.
Losego
, A. N.
Cloud
, H.
Ning
, J.
Mallek
, N. P.
Sergeant
, L.
Zhu
, Z.
Yu
, B.
Kalanyan
, G. N.
Parsons
, G. S.
Girolami
, J. R.
Abelson
, S.
Fan
, and P. V.
Braun
, Nat. Commun.
4
, 2630
(2013
).14.
S.-Y.
Lin
, J. G.
Fleming
, E.
Chow
, J.
Bur
, K. K.
Choi
, and A.
Goldberg
, Phys. Rev. B
62
, R2243
–R2246
(2002
).15.
J. J.
Greffet
, R.
Carminati
, K.
Joulain
, J. P.
Mulet
, S.
Mainguy
, and Y.
Chen
, Nature
416
, 61
–64
(2002
).16.
C.-M.
Wang
, Y.-C.
Chang
, M.-W.
Tsai
, Y.-H.
Ye
, C.-Y.
Chen
, Y.-W.
Jiang
, S.-C.
Lee
, and D. P.
Tsai
, IEEE Photonics Technol. Lett.
20
, 1103
–1105
(2008
).17.
B. J.
O'Regan
, Y.
Wang
, and T. F.
Krauss
, Sci. Rep.
5
, 13415
(2015
).18.
C.-W.
Cheng
, M. N.
Abbas
, Z.-C.
Chang
, M. H.
Shih
, C.-M.
Wang
, M. C.
Wu
, and Y.-C.
Chang
, Opt. Lett.
36
, 1440
(2011
).19.
T.
Inoue
, M. D.
Zoysa
, T.
Asano
, and S.
Noda
, Appl. Phys. Lett.
108
, 091101
(2016
).20.
C.-M.
Wang
, Y.-C.
Chang
, M.-N.
Abbas
, M.-H.
Shih
, and D. P.
Tsai
, Opt. Express
17
, 13526
–13531
(2009
).21.
C.-M.
Wang
, Y.-C.
Chang
, M.-W.
Tsai
, Y.-H.
Ye
, C.-Y.
Chen
, Y.-W.
Jiang
, Y.-T.
Chang
, S.-C.
Lee
, and D. P.
Tsai
, Opt. Express
15
, 14673
–14678
(2007
).22.
G.
Biener
, N.
Dahan
, A.
Niv
, V.
Kleiner
, and E.
Hasmana
, Appl. Phys. Lett.
92
, 081913
(2008
).23.
X.
Shen
, Y.
Yang
, Y.
Zang
, J.
Gu
, J.
Han
, W.
Zhang
, and T. J.
Cui
, Appl. Phys. Lett.
101
, 154102
(2012
).24.
X.
Shen
, T. J.
Cui
, J.
Zhao
, H. F.
Ma
, W. X.
Jiang
, and H.
Li
, Opt. Express
19
, 9401
–9407
(2011
).25.
26.
E. D.
Palik
, Handbook of Optical Constants of Solids
(Academic Press
, New York
, 1985
).© 2016 Author(s).
2016
Author(s)
You do not currently have access to this content.