Localised Thermal Emission from Topological Interfaces

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Main Authors: Ergoktas, M. Said, Kecebas, Ali, Despotelis, Konstantinos, Soleymani, Sina, Bakan, Gokhan, Kocabas, Askin, Principi, Alessandro, Rotter, Stefan, Ozdemir, Sahin K., Kocabas, Coskun
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author Ergoktas, M. Said
Kecebas, Ali
Despotelis, Konstantinos
Soleymani, Sina
Bakan, Gokhan
Kocabas, Askin
Principi, Alessandro
Rotter, Stefan
Ozdemir, Sahin K.
Kocabas, Coskun
author_facet Ergoktas, M. Said
Kecebas, Ali
Despotelis, Konstantinos
Soleymani, Sina
Bakan, Gokhan
Kocabas, Askin
Principi, Alessandro
Rotter, Stefan
Ozdemir, Sahin K.
Kocabas, Coskun
contents The control of thermal radiation by shaping its spatial and spectral emission characteristics plays a key role in many areas of science and engineering. Conventional approaches to tailor thermal emission using metamaterials are severely hampered both by the limited spatial resolution of the required sub-wavelength material structures and by the materials' strong absorption in the infrared. Here, we demonstrate a promising new approach based on the concept of topology. By changing a single parameter of a multilayer coating, we control the reflection topology of a surface, with the critical point of zero reflection being topologically protected. As a result, the boundaries between sub-critical and super-critical spatial domains host topological interface states with near-unity thermal emissivity. Our experimental demonstration of this effect shows that topological concepts enable unconventional manipulation of thermal light with promising applications for thermal management, energy harvesting and thermal camouflage.
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spellingShingle Localised Thermal Emission from Topological Interfaces
Ergoktas, M. Said
Kecebas, Ali
Despotelis, Konstantinos
Soleymani, Sina
Bakan, Gokhan
Kocabas, Askin
Principi, Alessandro
Rotter, Stefan
Ozdemir, Sahin K.
Kocabas, Coskun
Applied Physics
Materials Science
Optics
The control of thermal radiation by shaping its spatial and spectral emission characteristics plays a key role in many areas of science and engineering. Conventional approaches to tailor thermal emission using metamaterials are severely hampered both by the limited spatial resolution of the required sub-wavelength material structures and by the materials' strong absorption in the infrared. Here, we demonstrate a promising new approach based on the concept of topology. By changing a single parameter of a multilayer coating, we control the reflection topology of a surface, with the critical point of zero reflection being topologically protected. As a result, the boundaries between sub-critical and super-critical spatial domains host topological interface states with near-unity thermal emissivity. Our experimental demonstration of this effect shows that topological concepts enable unconventional manipulation of thermal light with promising applications for thermal management, energy harvesting and thermal camouflage.
title Localised Thermal Emission from Topological Interfaces
topic Applied Physics
Materials Science
Optics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2401.08316