Title :
Tuning coherent radiative thermal conductance in multilayer photonic crystals
Author :
Lau, Wah Tung ; Shen, Jung-Tsung ; Veronis, Georgios ; Fan, Shanhui
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Stanford Univ., Stanford, CA
Abstract :
Photonic crystals can be used to drastically influence coherent radiative thermal conductance. In a multilayer crystal, radiative thermal conductance can transit from above to below vacuum value when temperature increases, due to photonic band effects.
Keywords :
optical multilayers; photonic band gap; photonic crystals; thermal conductivity; coherent radiative thermal conductance tuning; multilayer photonic crystal; photonic band effect; Dielectrics; Frequency; Laboratories; Nonhomogeneous media; Photonic band gap; Photonic crystals; Temperature; Thermal conductivity; Thermal engineering; Tuning; (030.5620) Radiative transfer; (350.4238) Nanophotonics and photonic crystals;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2008 and 2008 Conference on Quantum Electronics and Laser Science. CLEO/QELS 2008. Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-859-9
