Title :
High temperature Epsilon-near-Zero and Epsilon-near-Pole metamaterial emitters for thermophotovoltaics
Author :
Molesky, Sean ; Jacob, Zubin
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada
Abstract :
We introduce a class of artificial media: high temperature Epsilon-near-Pole metamaterials consisting of plasmonic materials with high melting point and show that they can be used as efficient narrowband omnidirectional thermal emitters in thermophotovoltaic systems.
Keywords :
electro-optical effects; optical metamaterials; photovoltaic effects; plasmonics; thermo-optical effects; artificial media; epsilon-near-pole metamaterial emitter; high temperature epsilon-near-zero metamaterial emitters; melting point; narrowband omnidirectional thermal emitters; plasmonic materials; thermophotovoltaic systems; Metamaterials; Narrowband; Optical polarization; Photovoltaic cells; Plasmons; Titanium;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2013 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
