Heat meets light on the nanoscale
Optics
2016-04-28 v1 Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
Materials Science
Abstract
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.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1604.08101,
title = {Heat meets light on the nanoscale},
author = {Svetlana V. Boriskina and Jonathan K. Tong and Wei-Chun Hsu and Bolin Liao and Yi Huang and Vazrik Chiloyan and Gang Chen},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1604.08101},
year = {2016}
}
Comments
46 pages, 11 figures; to appear in the special issue of Nanophotonics on 'Smart nanophotonics for renewable energy and sustainability' 2016