Highly circularly polarized and coherent thermal emission based on chiral quasi bound states in the continuumShow others and affiliations
2024 (English)In: Optics Letters, ISSN 0146-9592, E-ISSN 1539-4794, Vol. 49, no 21, p. 6329-6332Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]
Polarization, temporal coherence, and spatial coherence are crucial for far-field thermal emission. However, achieving chiral thermal emission with both ultra-narrow bandwidth and ultrahigh directionality remains a challenge. In this study, we address this problem by combining the principles of band folding and chiral quasi bound states in the continuum. The demonstrated thermal emitter, a tri-layered structure consisting of a planar chiral silicon metasurface, a silica spacer, and a reflecting gold film, numerically achieves an emissivity circular dichroism of 0.984, a full width at half maximum of 1.6 nm, and a divergence angle of 1 degrees at wavelength 1170 nm, surpassing the state-of-the-art thermal emitters. Our finding provides a new, to our knowledge, approach for designing chiral thermal emitters, which may find use in the areas of thermal lighting, infrared camouflage, thermal imaging, and infrared sensing.
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Optica Publishing Group , 2024. Vol. 49, no 21, p. 6329-6332
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URN: urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-358491DOI: 10.1364/OL.539583ISI: 001379603500009PubMedID: 39485479Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85208291647OAI: oai:DiVA.org:kth-358491DiVA, id: diva2:1929287
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