Tailored thermal emission in bulk calcite through optic axis reorientation.

ABSTRACT: The polar nature of calcite results in lattice vibrations that can be stimulated through gratings and nanostructures to design spatially and spectrally coherent thermal radiation patterns. In order to obtain optimal design control over such patterned materials, it is first necessary to understand the fundamental emissivity properties of the lattice vibrations themselves. Because calcite is a uniaxial material, when the optic axis (OA) is tilted with respect to the crystal surface, the surface wave solutions to Maxwell's equations and vibrational modes that are permitted will change due to the crystal's structural anisotropy. This implies that the OA orientation can play a critical role in dictating which modes can be harnessed when designing a narrowband or angular thermal emitter. Here we

SUBMITTER: Diaz-Granados K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11502068 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature