Coherent spontaneous emission of light by thermal sources

被引：150
作者：
Marquier, F
Joulain, K
Mulet, JP
Carminati, R
Greffet, JJ
Chen, Y
机构：
[1] Ecole Cent Paris, CNRS, Lab Energet Mol & Macroscop Combust, F-92295 Chatenay Malabry, France
[2] CNRS, Lab Photon & Nanostruct, F-91460 Marcoussis, France
来源：
PHYSICAL REVIEW B | 2004年 / 69卷 / 15期
关键词：
D O I：
10.1103/PhysRevB.69.155412
中图分类号：
T [工业技术];
学科分类号：
08 ;
摘要：
The emission of light by a material at temperature T has been shown recently to be coherent in the near field. These properties were attributed to the thermal excitation of surface polaritons. We review the origin of this phenomenon. We analyze the influence of the microstructure and temperature on the coherence properties and show how to engineer thermoradiative properties of surfaces. We report the design of a quasi-isotropic source and a very directional source of thermal light. We also report a measurement of the transverse coherence length of a thermal source of light.
引用
收藏
页码：155412 / 1
页数：11
相关论文
共 34 条
[1]   Molecular fluorescence above metallic gratings [J].
Andrew, P ;
Barnes, WL .
PHYSICAL REVIEW B, 2001, 64 (12)
[2]  
[Anonymous], 1966, DIPOLE RAD PRESENCE
[3]   Zero infrared reflectance anomaly in doped silicon lamellar gratings .1. From antireflection to total absorption [J].
Auslender, M ;
Hava, S .
INFRARED PHYSICS & TECHNOLOGY, 1995, 36 (07) :1077-1088
[4]   One-dimensional antireflection gratings in (100) silicon: a numerical study [J].
Auslender, M ;
Levy, D ;
Hava, S .
APPLIED OPTICS, 1998, 37 (02) :369-373
[5]   IRREVERSIBILITY AND GENERALIZED NOISE [J].
CALLEN, HB ;
WELTON, TA .
PHYSICAL REVIEW, 1951, 83 (01) :34-40
[6]   Near-field effects in spatial coherence of thermal sources [J].
Carminati, R ;
Greffet, JJ .
PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS, 1999, 82 (08) :1660-1663
[7]   ALGORITHM FOR THE RIGOROUS COUPLED-WAVE ANALYSIS OF GRATING DIFFRACTION [J].
CHATEAU, N ;
HUGONIN, JP .
JOURNAL OF THE OPTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA A-OPTICS IMAGE SCIENCE AND VISION, 1994, 11 (04) :1321-1331
[8]  
Edwards D.F., 1985, Handbook of optical constants of solids
[9]   Field theory for generalized bidirectional reflectivity: derivation of Helmholtz's reciprocity principle and Kirchhoff's law [J].
Greffet, JJ ;
Nieto-Vesperinas, M .
JOURNAL OF THE OPTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA A-OPTICS IMAGE SCIENCE AND VISION, 1998, 15 (10) :2735-2744
[10]   Coherent emission of light by thermal sources [J].
Greffet, JJ ;
Carminati, R ;
Joulain, K ;
Mulet, JP ;
Mainguy, SP ;
Chen, Y .
NATURE, 2002, 416 (6876) :61-64
1234