Thermal emission from a metamaterial wire medium slab
Author(s) -
Giuseppe D’Aguanno,
Nadia Mattiucci,
Andrea Alù,
Christos Argyropoulos,
John V. Foreman,
Mark J. Bloemer
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
optics express
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.394
H-Index - 271
ISSN - 1094-4087
DOI - 10.1364/oe.20.009784
Subject(s) - metamaterial , optics , broadband , materials science , spontaneous emission , dielectric , slab , optoelectronics , physics , laser , geophysics
We investigate thermal emission from a metamaterial wire medium embedded in a dielectric host and highlight two different regimes for efficient emission, respectively characterized by broadband emission near the effective plasma frequency of the metamaterial, and by narrow-band resonant emission at the band-edge in the Bragg scattering regime. We discuss how to control the spectral position and relative strength of these two emission mechanisms by varying the geometrical parameters of the proposed metamaterial and its temperature.
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