Title :
Temporal coupled mode theory for thermal emission from a single emitter
Author :
Linxiao Zhu ; Sandhu, Sunil ; Otey, Clayton ; Sinclair, Michael B. ; Luk, Ting S. ; Shanhui Fan
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Appl. Phys., Stanford Univ., Stanford, CA, USA
Abstract :
We propose a temporal coupled mode theory for thermal emission from a single emitter. We validate the coupled mode theory formalism by a direct numerical simulation of the emission properties of single emitters.
Keywords :
coupled mode analysis; nanophotonics; radiative transfer; nanophotonic structures; numerical simulation; single emitter; temporal coupled mode theory; thermal emission; Antennas; Finite difference methods; Geometry; Nanostructures; Simulation; Stimulated emission; Time-domain analysis;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2013 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
