Thermal superscatterer: amplification of thermal scattering signatures for arbitrarily shaped thermal materials

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Hauptverfasser: Liu, Yichao, Qi, Yawen, Sun, Fei, Shan, Jinyuan, Chen, Hanchuan, Hao, Yuying, Fei, Hongmin, Cao, Binzhao, Liu, Xin, Huo, Zhuanzhuan
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author Liu, Yichao
Qi, Yawen
Sun, Fei
Shan, Jinyuan
Chen, Hanchuan
Hao, Yuying
Fei, Hongmin
Cao, Binzhao
Liu, Xin
Huo, Zhuanzhuan
author_facet Liu, Yichao
Qi, Yawen
Sun, Fei
Shan, Jinyuan
Chen, Hanchuan
Hao, Yuying
Fei, Hongmin
Cao, Binzhao
Liu, Xin
Huo, Zhuanzhuan
contents The concept of superscattering is extended to the thermal field through the design of a thermal superscatterer based on transformation thermodynamics. A small thermal scatterer of arbitrary shape and conductivity is encapsulated with an engineered negative-conductivity shell, creating a composite that mimics the scattering signature of a significantly larger scatterer. The amplified signature can match either a conformal larger scatterer (preserving conductivity) or a geometry-transformed one (modified conductivity). The implementation employs a positive-conductivity shell integrated with active thermal metasurfaces, demonstrated through three representative examples: super-insulating thermal scattering, super-conducting thermal scattering, and equivalent thermally transparent effects. Experimental validation shows the fabricated superscatterer amplifies the thermal scattering signature of a small insulated circular region by nine times, effectively mimicking the scattering signature of a circular region with ninefold radius. This approach enables thermal signature manipulation beyond physical size constraints, with potential applications in thermal superabsorbers/supersources, thermal camouflage, and energy management.
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spellingShingle Thermal superscatterer: amplification of thermal scattering signatures for arbitrarily shaped thermal materials
Liu, Yichao
Qi, Yawen
Sun, Fei
Shan, Jinyuan
Chen, Hanchuan
Hao, Yuying
Fei, Hongmin
Cao, Binzhao
Liu, Xin
Huo, Zhuanzhuan
Applied Physics
The concept of superscattering is extended to the thermal field through the design of a thermal superscatterer based on transformation thermodynamics. A small thermal scatterer of arbitrary shape and conductivity is encapsulated with an engineered negative-conductivity shell, creating a composite that mimics the scattering signature of a significantly larger scatterer. The amplified signature can match either a conformal larger scatterer (preserving conductivity) or a geometry-transformed one (modified conductivity). The implementation employs a positive-conductivity shell integrated with active thermal metasurfaces, demonstrated through three representative examples: super-insulating thermal scattering, super-conducting thermal scattering, and equivalent thermally transparent effects. Experimental validation shows the fabricated superscatterer amplifies the thermal scattering signature of a small insulated circular region by nine times, effectively mimicking the scattering signature of a circular region with ninefold radius. This approach enables thermal signature manipulation beyond physical size constraints, with potential applications in thermal superabsorbers/supersources, thermal camouflage, and energy management.
title Thermal superscatterer: amplification of thermal scattering signatures for arbitrarily shaped thermal materials
topic Applied Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.00014