Heat meets light on the nanoscale

Nanophotonics

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Svetlana V. Boriskina¹  Jonathan K. Tong¹  Wei-Chun Hsu¹  Bolin Liao¹  Yi Huang¹  Vazrik Chiloyan¹  Gang Chen¹ 

[1] Department of Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

关键词: thermal emission;    absorption;    spectral selectivity;    angular selectivity;    optical refrigeration;    solar thermal energy conversion;    thermophotovoltaics;    nearfield heat transfer;    photon density of states;    thermal upconversion;    radiative cooling;   

DOI  :  10.1515/nanoph-2016-0010

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: De Gruyter

【 摘 要 】

We discuss the state-of-the-art and remaining challenges in the fundamental understanding and technology development for controlling light-matter interactions in nanophotonic environments in and away from thermal equilibrium. The topics covered range from the basics of the thermodynamics of light emission and absorption to applications in solar thermal energy generation, thermophotovoltaics, optical refrigeration, personalized cooling technologies, development of coherent incandescent light sources, and spinoptics.

【 授权许可】

CC BY