• DocumentCode
    690050
  • 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
  • fYear
    2013
  • fDate
    9-14 June 2013
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • 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;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2013 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    6834442