DocumentCode
500427
Title
Minimizing coherent thermal conductance using multi-layer photonic crystal heterostructures
Author
Lau, Wah Tung ; Shen, Jung-Tsung ; Fan, Shanhui
Author_Institution
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Stanford Univ., Stanford, CA, USA
fYear
2009
fDate
2-4 June 2009
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
2
Abstract
Multi-layer photonic crystal heterostructures, formed by interfacing homogeneous crystals of different lattice configurations, can attain coherent thermal conductance significantly below the vacuum value, due to mismatches in the photonic band structures between each individual crystal.
Keywords
optical multilayers; photonic band gap; photonic crystals; thermal conductivity; coherent thermal conductance; lattice configurations; multilayer photonic crystal; photonic band structures; Dielectric losses; Frequency; Lattices; Photonic band gap; Photonic crystals; Polarization; Temperature; Thermal conductivity; Thermal engineering; Upper bound; (030.5620) Radiative transfer; (350.4238) Nanophotonics and photonic crystals;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2009 and 2009 Conference on Quantum electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2009. Conference on
Conference_Location
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN
978-1-55752-869-8
Electronic_ISBN
978-1-55752-869-8
Type
conf
Filename
5225820
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