High temperature epsilon-near-zero and epsilon-near-pole metamaterial emitters for thermophotovoltaics

Optics Express

Volumn 21, Issue 101, 2013, Pages A96-A110

  Molesky, Sean ^a   Dewalt, Christopher J ^a   Jacob, Zubin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HEAT; LIGHT; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ABSORPTION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HOT TEMPERATURE; LIGHT; MODELS, THEORETICAL;

MLCS; MLOWN;

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; HIGH PASS FILTERS; POLES;

ARTIFICIAL MEDIA; BUILDING BLOCKES; FAR FIELD; HIGH TEMPERATURE; PLASMONICS; SPECTRAL POSITION; THERMAL EMISSIONS; THERMAL ENGINEERING; THERMOPHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICES; THERMOPHOTOVOLTAICS; SHOCKLEY-QUEISSER LIMITS;

METAMATERIALS;

EID: 84872742860     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.21.000A96     Document Type: Article

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